Powerball Winner • NE • 2006
Jackpot (2024$)
$569,000,000
lump sum
Age at Win
56
3rd-shift cleaning crew, ConAgra Foods
Eight ConAgra meatpacking workers from Lincoln, Nebraska won $365M in February 2006—then the largest lottery prize in US history. Nearly all thrived. Three were refugees.
"This is great country!"
"I have been retired for about four days now"
"I did not know what to think. I still do not know what to think"
"We are still thinking we are going to wake up from a dream, or something, and it is not all true"
"In reality, I am not a fan of flying and do not really like water"
"She is going to be happy for the rest of her life"
"I came to the United States to be free."
"After I hit the lottery, it changed my relatives' life also."
"Maybe I retire a couple of more years."
Dung Tran called Powerball hotline at 10:30 PM Saturday. Coworkers were sleeping. Tran HID THE TICKET IN HIS UNDERWEAR beneath his jeans for 3 days until they met with attorney.