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Tallahassee, Florida - 17 February 2016
1. Maureen Smith and David Kaltschmidt walking in and posing with cheque
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Maureen Smith, Powerball winner:
"First of all, I had picked the numbers, they are numbers I had played for years. But I very rarely play. And I played and I went to bed and the next morning when Dave got up."
3. SOUNDBITE (English) David Kaltschmidt, Powerball winner:
"Yeah, I went to go to work and it was like 6am and we had just had a Saturday drawing before and she had circled all the winners on that one and when I woke up Wednesday there was no circles on it. Oddly enough, I checked the ticket and everything matched up. So, I said she's messing with me. (Laughter.) She really is. So, I woke her ..."
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Maureen Smith, Powerball winner:
"The winning ticket was one and I had a quick pick on another ticket."
5. SOUNDBITE (English) David Kaltschmidt, Powerball winner:
"So, it was just a three dollar investment."
6. Mid, Smith and Kaltschmidt holding check
7. SOUNDBITE (English) David Kaltschmidt, Powerball winner:
"In the last week, we brought the family in. (Reporter off camera: Not even your own children or relatives knew?) Correct.
8. SOUNDBITE (English) Maureen Smith, Powerball winner:
(Reporter off camera: How hard was that to keep a secret?) That was hard. That was really hard, especially when everyone was saying ... you know, you are from Melbourne Beach, did you win? Do you know who won? No."
9. SOUNDBITE (English) David Kaltschmidt, Powerball winner:
"And when I went to my friends for a CPA (Certified Public Accountant), you know I needed a CPA ... I file short (tax) form normally. So I had to start soliciting help and that's a very weird conversation, because it spirals into 'did you win the Powerball?' It is not something you want to divulge right away."
10. Mid, Smith and Kaltschmidt holding check
11. SOUNDBITE (English) David Kaltschmidt, Powerball winner:
"We are still going to live the same lives, basically. My truck is about to fall apart, so I did need a new vehicle."
12. SOUNDBITE (English) Maureen Smith, Powerball winner:
"But he will retire and that is what he really wanted to do."
STORYLINE:
The identities of the second of three historic Powerball winners were unveiled on Wednesday.
The Florida prizewinners are married couple David Kaltschmidt, 55, and Maureen Smith, 70, who opted to take their winnings in one lump sum of 327 (m) million US dollars, before taxes.
There were three winners of the 1.58 (b) billion US dollars jackpot. Split three ways, each winning ticket will be allotted roughly 528 million US dollars.
Smith bought her winning ticket in January's historic Powerball jackpot, playing her own numbers, at a Publix supermarket in Melbourne Beach, Florida.
Kaltschmidt said he initially thought his wife was 'messing' with him when he spotted the prize-winning ticket the morning after the draw.
He told reporters he intends to retire from Northrop Grumman after a 34-year career as a manufacturing engineer with the global security company.
Smith is a homemaker.
One winning ticket was bought in Tennessee, one in Florida, and one in California.
The Tennessee winners, Lisa and John Robinson of Munford, have already claimed their share of the prize.
The California winner has not come forward.
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