The Michigan winner of the $337 million Powerball claimed his prize today, joking about taxes, early retirement and his first purchase after becoming a mega-millionaire, ABC News reports

When Donald Lawson, 44, approached the podium to accept his giant check, he jokingly pointed to the blank line on the check and told the lottery commissioner, “My name goes here.”
He then asked whether the amount was tax-free, and Michigan lottery Commissioner Scott Bowen laughed and replied, “I’m afraid not, brother.”
Lawson of Lapeer, Mich., chose to take the cash lump sum of $224.6 million.
The railroad engineer quit his job after his Aug. 15 win and told his whole family to do the same.
“Everybody that’s related to me, as far as my whole [immediate] family, was told to retire and they had no problem with that,” Lawson said.
Lawson, a frequent lottery player, recalled buying his ticket at a Sunoco gas station. He said he usually buys the Quick Pick tickets with automatic numbers, but when he saw a line of five or six people, he decided to hand-pick his numbers. Read More