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Melbourne Beach Powerball Winners Claim Their Prize

Photo courtesy Florida Lottery
Photo courtesy Florida Lottery

A Melbourne Beach manufacturing engineer and homemaker are Florida's winners of last month's $1.5 billion Powerball jackpot, the largest ever.

They came forward Wednesday to claim their prize.

David Kaltschmidt and Maureen Smith chose a single payment, $327 million.

Smith says she and her husband haven't decided what to do with all of the money.

"Of course we're going to take care of family, and we have a lot to think about. It's very stressful. It's new, and really don't know. We have to think about it."

Kaltschmidt planned to retire from his 34-year job at Northrop Grumman and buy a new truck. Smith wanted a massage.

The couple had bought one ticket and played the same numbers for years. They will share in the Powerball prize with winners from California and Tennessee.

Amy Green covered the environment for WMFE until 2023. Her work included the 2020 podcast DRAINED.