INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -- A spokeswoman says a central Indiana couple won the $536 million Mega Millions jackpot drawn this month, but they've chosen to remain anonymous.
The couple's spokeswoman, Lauren Littlefield, attended a news conference Friday with Hoosier Lottery officials.
Lottery director Sarah Taylor confirmed the couple purchased the sole winning ticket for the July 8 drawing.
Littlefield says the couple and their two children live just north of Indianapolis.
"Our priority is to maintain a sense of normality for our children," the #MegaMillions winners say in a prepared statement.
— Hoosier Lottery (@hoosierlottery) July 29, 2016
Family is "completely dedicated" to continuing to live as they have been. Working hard to find "new sense of normal." Will continue working.
— Hoosier Lottery (@hoosierlottery) July 29, 2016
She says they bought five tickets with computer-generated numbers at a gas station along Interstate 70 in Cambridge City while heading to a youth sporting event.
Family forgot they had the tickets. After returning from their trip, they realized they had them. Checked online, then rebooted the computer
— Hoosier Lottery (@hoosierlottery) July 29, 2016
Taylor says the couple will take a $271 million lump sum, after taxes.
Littlefield says they were first-time Mega Millions players.
Indiana allows jackpot winners to remain anonymous. The jackpot was the third-largest in Mega Millions history.
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