Factory Worker Claims $310.5m Powerball Prize

A 50-year-old factory supervisor has come foward to claim a $310.5m (£203.7m) lottery jackpot.

Julie Leach, of Three Rivers, Michigan, matched all six numbers in the 30 September Powerball draw to win the second-largest prize in state history.

"I've played the lottery for a long time and have dreamed of this day, but I never thought it would actually come," Ms Leach told reporters on Tuesday.

The former fibreglass factory worker said she was having a "bad night" at her third-shift job and was waiting at a McDonald's drive-through when she discovered she had won the massive jackpot.

Ms Leach said she was in "disbelief" and quickly quit her "nasty, dirty" job.

After taxes, the lump sum payment netted Ms Leach $197.4m (£129.5m).

She said she and her partner of 36 years planned to use the winnings to build homes for their three children and 11 grandchildren.

"We always talked around campfires ... saying if we ever won the lottery we wanted to buy a bunch of land and build all of our kids a home - basically have our own little community," she said.

Ms Leach's partner is also quitting his job of 29 years.

Asked if he had proposed marriage in the wake of her lottery win, Ms Leach joked he would have to sign a prenuptial agreement if they decided to get married now.

The winning ticket was purchased at a petrol station in Three Rivers.

The top Michigan prize was claimed in 2012 by Donald Lawson, of Lapeer, who won $337m (£221m).