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[h1]Mo. clerk says he'll use $258M jackpot on bills[/h1]A Missouri man who won a $258 million Powerball jackpotand plans to use some of the money to pay bills, replace his twomissing front teeth and take his children to Disney World said hehasn't decided yet if he'll quit his job at the convenience store wherehe bought the winning ticket.
Chris Shaw — a29-year-old tattooed father of three who was raised by his grandparentsin rural southern Missouri — came forward Thursday as the winner of the10th-largest Powerball jackpot ever. Shaw said he had just $28.96 inhis bank account and recently bought a 1998 Ford Ranger from a friendwho agreed to let him pay off the $1,000 price $100 at a time. Now, hesaid, he no longer has to worry about how he'll pay his friend — or his utility bills.
Shaw said he needed a few days to decide whether he will keep hisminimum-wage job at the store where he has worked for just three weeks.He also plans to seek advice "from people who know about money" aboutwhether to take the jackpot in 30 payments over 29 years or thelump-sum amount of $124,875,122.
Shaw — who has a 10-year-old son, a 7-year-old girl and a 5-year-oldgirl by two different women — said he had played Missouri Scratcherslottery tickets before, winning at most $80. He checked his Powerballticket against the state lottery's website only after his girlfriend, Tosha Ewry, told him the winning ticket was bought at the store where he works.
WhenShaw called Ewry back to tell her the news, she thought he was joking,he said. Finally, he said he told her: "I swear on a stack of Bibles,you need to leave work and come home."
Shaw said he looks forward to spending more time with his kids, wholive with their mothers about 240 miles southeast of him in hishometown of Alton, as well as with his girlfriend's two sons —13-year-old and 15-year-old boys Shaw says he considers his own. Heplans to take them all to Disney World in Florida
"I can be with them as much as I want now," Shaw said.
Hesaid his children already have been asking for new skateboards,bicycles and "just stuff that's really hard to do when you make $7.25an hour."
Break Time will receive $50,000 forselling the winning ticket. If Shaw takes a lump-sum payment, the stateincome taxes due on the winnings would be about $6 million, statebudget director Linda Luebbering said.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/a...owerball_winner_missouri
Hopefully, dude can get some reputable people on his team... Too many snakes and vultures out there.
