A shop assistant who was down to his last $30 (£20) has just won $258.5m (£170m) on the US lottery. Skip related contentChris Shaw, 29, only had $28.96 left in his bank account and was facing a mountain of bills when he scooped the Powerball jackpot.
He said he planned to use the winnings to pay off the $1,000 he owes a friend for a truck he recently bought, and see a dentist about getting his two missing front teeth replaced.
He also wants to take his three children and his girlfriend's two children to Disney World in Florida.
"We didn't come from money. For us it's just going to be a huge relief to know I'm going to be able to pay my electric bill, my gas bill," Mr Shaw said.
"It's like a weight lifted. I had bills at home - I didn't know how they were going to be paid."
He bought the $5 ticket at the Break Time convenience store where he works in Marshall, about 80 miles east of Kansas City.
The tattooed winner - who earns just $7.25 an hour - was presented with his cheque at the Missouri Lottery headquarters in Jefferson City wearing a brown and red plaid shirt, a hat and a huge grin.
"That amount of money to me is like a fairy tale," he added.
"I'm just a regular guy working pay cheque to pay cheque. Well not any more."
Mr Shaw had been working at the store for just three weeks when he decided to buy the Powerball ticket, cigarettes and a soft drink at the end of his shift on Wednesday.
"We had been kidding each other all day about winning it, but no one actually thinks they will win," he said.
His $258.5m prize is the 10th biggest Powerball jackpot ever.
Mr Shaw said he would need a few days to mull over whether to quit his minimum-wage job.
-Yahoo UK & Ireland
