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Updated at 5:36 p.m. ET: One of the three winners of the record $656 million
Mega Millions jackpot has claimed his or her share of the prize in Kansas
but has chosen to remain anonymous, Kansas Lottery officials said Friday.
The announcement was made at an afternoon press conference at state lottery
headquarters in Topeka.
Under Kansas law, lottery winners can choose not to publicly reveal their
identities. Dennis Wilson, Kansas Lottery executive director, said the state
's winner "has chosen that option."
The winner retained legal counsel and a financial adviser and "looks forward
to retiring," Wilson said.
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The winning ticket was purchased at a Casey's convenience store in the
eastern Kansas town of Ottawa, Wilson said.
The winner has chosen to take a one-time lump-sum payment of about $157
million before taxes.
"It’ll take a few days for us to transfer the money to their account. It
was a single ticket holder – one person claimed the ticket," Wilson said.
AP Photo/Paul Sakuma
A customer fills out a lottery ticket in Palo Alto, Calif., on Friday before
the winning numbers for the $640 million jackpot were drawn in the Mega
Millions lottery.
The person didn't check the winning numbers until Monday. "They checked it
over 10 times … and still had a hard time believing it," Wilson said.
As for choosing to remain anonymous, Wilson said the winner obviously doesn'
t want the publicity.
"We all have to understand that these kind of winners need time to digest.
They were still in awe that they had won it," Wilson said.
"They're like all of us. They think about the possibility of winnig but they
never think that it would hapen to them - but it did. It proves real people
really win - and you could be next.
Lottery officials have said the other two winning tickets were sold in
Maryland and Illinois. But so far no one has stepped up to claim his or her
share of the prize in those states – at least no one who has produced a
valid ticket.
One Maryland woman, Mirlande Wilson, a McDonald’s employee and mother of
seven, had claimed to media outlets earlier in the week that she purchased
the winning ticket to last Friday night's drawing. But doubts quickly
surfaced, and on Thursday Wilson told NBCWashington.com she seems to have
misplaced the ticket. Wilson previously had said she hid the ticket at the
McDonald's where she works.
Maryland lottery officials said no one has stepped up in that state to claim
a share of the prize, the largest in lottery history. Likewise, the
Illinois winner has yet to come public.
Mega Millions jackpot has claimed his or her share of the prize in Kansas
but has chosen to remain anonymous, Kansas Lottery officials said Friday.
The announcement was made at an afternoon press conference at state lottery
headquarters in Topeka.
Under Kansas law, lottery winners can choose not to publicly reveal their
identities. Dennis Wilson, Kansas Lottery executive director, said the state
's winner "has chosen that option."
The winner retained legal counsel and a financial adviser and "looks forward
to retiring," Wilson said.
Advertise | AdChoices
The winning ticket was purchased at a Casey's convenience store in the
eastern Kansas town of Ottawa, Wilson said.
The winner has chosen to take a one-time lump-sum payment of about $157
million before taxes.
"It’ll take a few days for us to transfer the money to their account. It
was a single ticket holder – one person claimed the ticket," Wilson said.
AP Photo/Paul Sakuma
A customer fills out a lottery ticket in Palo Alto, Calif., on Friday before
the winning numbers for the $640 million jackpot were drawn in the Mega
Millions lottery.
The person didn't check the winning numbers until Monday. "They checked it
over 10 times … and still had a hard time believing it," Wilson said.
As for choosing to remain anonymous, Wilson said the winner obviously doesn'
t want the publicity.
"We all have to understand that these kind of winners need time to digest.
They were still in awe that they had won it," Wilson said.
"They're like all of us. They think about the possibility of winnig but they
never think that it would hapen to them - but it did. It proves real people
really win - and you could be next.
Lottery officials have said the other two winning tickets were sold in
Maryland and Illinois. But so far no one has stepped up to claim his or her
share of the prize in those states – at least no one who has produced a
valid ticket.
One Maryland woman, Mirlande Wilson, a McDonald’s employee and mother of
seven, had claimed to media outlets earlier in the week that she purchased
the winning ticket to last Friday night's drawing. But doubts quickly
surfaced, and on Thursday Wilson told NBCWashington.com she seems to have
misplaced the ticket. Wilson previously had said she hid the ticket at the
McDonald's where she works.
Maryland lottery officials said no one has stepped up in that state to claim
a share of the prize, the largest in lottery history. Likewise, the
Illinois winner has yet to come public.
