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Shaw said he will seek advice “from people who know about money” before deciding whether to take the jackpot in 30 payments over 29 years or the lump-sum amount of $124,875,122. He also said he needed a few days before deciding whether he will continue working his minimum-wage job.

Shaw — who has a 10-year-old son, a 7-year-old girl and a 5-year-old girl by two different women — said he had played Missouri Scratchers lottery tickets before, winning at most $80. He checked his Powerball ticket 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.