Who Are You, New Hampshire Powerball Winner?

CONCORD, NH — If you are the holder of the winning $487 million Powerball from July 30, not only do New Hampshire Lottery officials want to know who you are, so does NBC’s “Today Show.” Producers of the show have reached out to state officials and offered an “open invitation” to appear on the program with host Matt Lauer, according to a press statement. As of yesterday, Aug. 8, 2016, that winner has not been identified.

“There is so much anticipation as the whole world waits to meet the $487 million Powerball winner,” said Charlie McIntyre, executive director of the New Hampshire Lottery Commission. “This is such an exciting time for the New Hampshire Lottery and our players. While we cannot wait to meet the lucky winner, we certainly understand winning a sum of $487 million is a life-altering event and we respect that the winner needs to do his or her due diligence before claiming this incredible prize. The New Hampshire Lottery looks forward to working with our winner to make this $487 million prize a reality.”

The winning ticket was sold at the Hannaford Supermarket on Freetown Road in Raymond. The ticket is the 10th winning Powerball ticket sold in New Hampshire and the first since 2007, according to McIntyre.

Other prize winners

According to lottery officials, Lisbon resident Jeffrey Osborn won a $1 million Powerball prize from the July 30 drawing. He bought his ticket at the Cumberland Farms at 278 Meadow Street in Littleton. Rodney Stedman of Mason won $50,000 from a ticket sold at Spitbrook Market at 108 Spitbrook Drive in Nashua. A winning $100,000 ticket purchased at the Discount II Plus Deli, located at 1294 New Hampshire 16 in Albany has not been claimed.

The Powerball drawing results from July 30 were: 11-17-21-23-32 PB-5 with a Power Play of 2.

Options for the winner

The ticket holder has two options – a lump-sum cash option of approximately $341.7 million or the option of an annuity payment across 30 years. In the one-time cash option, 25 percent of winnings would be withheld for federal taxes, netting the winner about $256.3 million. The annuity payment offers a graduated plan that increases annually. An estimated $7.3 million payment would be made the first year and the 29th payment would be an estimated $30.2 million, each before taxes.

Official Matt Lauer photo courtesy of his Twitter account.