VIDEO: US lottery winners ‘a little scared’

A Tennessee couple came forward with what they said was one of the three winning tickets for this week’s record $1.6bn (€1.46bn) US Powerball lottery jackpot, appearing with their lawyer on NBC’s Today show.

VIDEO: US lottery winners ‘a little scared’

Lisa and John Robinson of Munford, Tennessee, must present the ticket to Tennessee lottery officials for verification in order to claim their one-third share of the largest lottery prize ever offered in North America.

The Robinsons said they had reached out to NBC on the advice of their lawyer, who advised them to go on national TV first as a way of controlling the story.

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