2nd winner in Arizona claims record Powerball prize

The second winner in last week's record $577.5 million Powerball jackpot is an intelligent and financially-savvy married professional in his 30s who wants to help his community, Arizona Lottery officials announced.


The winner, who opted to take the cash option of $192 million, declined to take part in a news conference scheduled for Friday afternoon in Phoenix and wasn't going to be immediately identified, the lottery said. But officials revealed what they could about one of the winner's in the highest Powerball jackpot in history.

Budget Director Karen Bach and Lottery Director Jeff Hatch-Miller said they spent some "quality time" with the lucky man at a hotel suite in Scottsdale. They wouldn't reveal his job, but said it wasn't "high-level," that he enjoyed his line of work and he planned to continue working. He regularly bought Powerball tickets while living in Pennsylvania, but had only bought two tickets since he and his wife moved to Arizona a year ago.