Georgia trucker has big lottery haul

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• Ed Nabors, 52, wins half of huge Mega Millions jackpot
• $390 million kitty sets a record; Georgian will net $80 million
• Winner says he'll buy house for daughter, property for himself
• Second winner, in New Jersey, has not stepped forward

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ATLANTA, Georgia (CNN) -- Sometimes it pays to run a little late.

Truck driver Ed Nabors was a little behind on his way to work Tuesday morning, so he didn't stop for coffee at his usual place.

At lunchtime he bought a cup at nearby Favorite Market convenience store and chose to spend $10 on lottery tickets.

Good decision.

Nabors, 52, of Rocky Face, Georgia, discovered Wednesday morning that he had won half the record-setting $390 million Mega Millions jackpot in Tuesday night's drawing.

"I'm still numb," he said at a news conference in Atlanta. (Watch lottery official's advice on what winners should do first )

Nabors was handed a giant replica check for $116,557,083. He will net about $80 million after taxes, Georgia Lottery Corp. spokeswoman Tandi Reddick said.

He will receive the actual payment in about 10 days. Asked how much longer he will be a truck driver, Nabors quipped, "About 10 more days."

Nabors choked up briefly while telling reporters how he plans to use some of the money.

"My daughter has wanted a house and to get out of a mobile home for a long time," he said, "and I think she just got it."

He added that he probably would buy some lakefront property for himself. (Read what you would do: football teams, an island, an internship on "The Colbert Report")

The winning numbers were 16-22-29-39-42, plus the Mega Ball, 20.

Nabors let the store's Mega Millions terminal choose his numbers for him; the winning combination was the sixth set out of 10, he said.

Mega Millions is a multistate lottery played in California, Georgia, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Texas, Virginia and Washington.

The other winning ticket was sold at Campark Liquors in Woodbine, New Jersey, said New Jersey Lottery Commission spokesman Dominick DeMarco.

The holder of that ticket has not yet stepped forward.

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