Substitute Teacher Wins $95M AZ Lottery Jackpot

A substitute teacher from Fort Mohave has come forward to claim a $95.3 million jackpot in the Arizona Lottery.

Sheila Verke walked into the state lottery's headquarters in downtown Phoenix on Monday with the single prize-winning ticket from the Dec 1 Powerball drawing.

The 64-year-old Verke was accompanied by friends and financial advisers when she accepted her check. She took the jackpot as a lump sum of $49.9 million.

Verke says she quit her job and is going to buy an RV and begin touring the country.

The Arizona Republic says Verke bought the ticket at a Safeway store in Fort Mohave, just south of Bullhead City in western Arizona. Verke says she regularly played the same numbers for the past six years.