KEEPING QUIET
The Pintuff’s were presented with their dummy cheque for $48.8 million on 11th February 2011. Yolanda Vega from the New York Lottery board said at a press conference, “It’s been a long forty one days.”
Jeffrey Pintuff said that most days on his drive to work, he would listen to the radio. Every day one of the announcers would say that no one has yet claimed the $48.8 million Powerball jackpot. Pintuff said, “I would just yell at the radio, ‘It’s five in the morning and the winner is driving to work, slipping and sliding all over the place.’”
The lucky Powerball winners from New York, both 58, spent over a month after the Powerball results draw discussing their options with financial planners before coming forward on 1st February 2012. They have decided to take the cash payout, which means each of them will get $12.4 million before taxes, and $8.2 million after taxes. “I worry about what to do with 500 bucks,” Jeff said, “I am so glad we have a plan for the money.”