reporter: yeah, carol, that s the question you can bet on today. everyone wants to know who is thebin winnerment we don t know. we talked to a woman the secretary of the florida lottery. there is no verified winner just yet. this is the local publix in a community of about 13,000 people. a lot of people are here in this parking lot telling cnn, i m wondering, is it my neighbor, my friend? we don t know yet. let me give you an idea for the winner. this is like you said $595 million. if that person were to take the cash payout $376.9 million. that s the 3rd largest jackpot ever. the biggest was $656 million. that was a different lottery. that was a different jackpot, the megamillions game. that was march of 2012, split by three people and that s important. because the lottery actually, this jackpot is a history-maker because it is a single ticket
$600 million richer after winning the powerball jackpot. the person s identity will not stay secret for long. residents in the location can t wait to find out who struck it rich. to know somebody won right here, right at home it s a real good feeling. it makes us famous for not just water. it s really interesting to see something that knives the it s like i know the person and i don t. it s so close. gretchen: the winner will have to pay federal tax, but not state tax. the lucky winner, since florida has no state income tax. the winner can either take the money in installment or lump sum of 376.9 million, 282.7 million after taxes. brian: now the big story. gretchen: music s biggest i love my gallery. music s biggest stars turned out for the billboard music awards
of her trial. she was found guilty of murdering her ex-boyfriend last week. the jury is deciding whether she will get the death penalty. arias has said before she would rather die than spend the rest of her life in prison. the driver who crashed into a group of tigers in virginia suffered a medic condition. the saturday accident injured 60 people. witnesses describe the elddrives elderly. who is the newest millionaire? one person walking away with nearly $600.01 person. and they bought the winning ticket at a grocery store in virginia. the they won 590.5 million. if they decide to take the lump sum it will be 376.9 million leaving the winner with 282.7 million after taxes. the winner could get more if they take the winnings in
the massive powerball jackpot. since florida laws demands the person come forward, the person s identity won t stay secret for long. the florida has no state income tax. the winner can take installments or a lump sum of $376.9 million, $282.7 million after taxes. joining us live is alcid he s. good morning. millions of people played but the winner actually walked out of that publix here in zephyr hills and we ll likely know the winner at some point today. let s put this in perspective. $590.5 million. the budget for the city of zephyr hills is a little more than $49 million. the jackpot is about 12 times that. the city is about 45 minutes northeast of tampa. it is known for its water and skydiving. now it s home to the largest powerball winner in
multimillionaire. that s where the winning power ball ticket was sold just one ticket not a group of office employees. well, we don t know. alisyn: we don t know. al. cln: could be an office pool. we don t know. somebody is wg up a whole lot rich they re morning 5 0-million-dollar power ball ticket in the state of tucker: yes. that is the good news. bad news is theovernment is going to take an awful lot of that money. so $590.5 million was the advertised jackpot. butthe winneran choose to take lump sum, he can take that 590 million over 30 years. or take 376.9 million. federal taxes amount to 100 million. 94 continue to 2. to for total of on the jack valued in the press at 600. alisyn: i agree it s disappoint see that final bottom line after all the taxes. it s good that they bought in florida because