( CNN ) -- Several of them suffered property losses in Superstorm Sandy . One is the daughter of a man who helped write New Jersey 's lottery law . All are feeling extremely lucky . Sixteen New Jersey co-workers who jointly held one of three tickets that won last week 's $ 448 million Powerball jackpot came forward publicly Tuesday . Dubbed the `` Ocean 's 16 '' -- they work for the Ocean County vehicle maintenance facility -- the group claims $ 86 million , or one third of the jackpot 's cash-option value . After federal and state taxes , each group member will get $ 3.8 million . One is Darlene Riccio , who told reporters that last year 's monster storm forced she and her daughter to move from their rented home of five years in Brick , New Jersey , to an apartment above a storefront . The first thing she 's going to do : `` Buy me and my daughter a home and bring my dog back home . '' `` It has been an extremely rough year , '' Riccio said at the group 's news conference in Toms River . `` When we lost everything , this whole group here -- and everybody I worked with -- really pulled together and helped me through . This has been like a great family for me . We have a bond now . '' Several others raised their hands when asked whether they suffered losses in the storm , which the federal government has said is expected to rank as the second-costliest tropical cyclone on record , after Hurricane Katrina . Another winner , Barbara Jo Riivald , is a daughter of the late state Sen. John Brown -- `` the father of the New Jersey Lottery , '' as state lottery Executive Director Carol Hedinger put it . Riivald 's father , who died in 2011 , sponsored the law that led to the debut of the state lottery in 1970 . `` When we actually hit this lottery , not even in my mind did I remember my father was the father of the lottery , '' Riivald said . `` When I called my sister to tell her , she said , 'Oh my gosh , Barb . Dad is just smiling down . ' She said , 'It 's his lottery . ' `` The only thing I wanted to do that next morning was pick up the phone and call him and call my mom ( who also died recently ) . And then I realized I could n't do that , '' she said . `` But this is a really special moment . '' Sixty people work at the Toms River facility , though only the 16 pooled their money together . Group members said they bought lottery tickets together for about five years , but only when jackpots were big . Lisa Presutto bought 48 tickets for the group last week , purchasing them at an Acme Market in Little Egg Harbor . As she checked the winning numbers with her coffee Thursday morning , she `` immediately started shaking '' when she saw one of her tickets match . She needed someone to check it . `` I ... had to wake my poor husband up -- who was no longer poor , '' Presutto said . All 16 returned to work after winning . But one co-winner , Joseph Odoardo , raised his hand Tuesday when asked whether any of them are going to retire now . `` After 34 years and almost retiring last year , this happens , and you just do n't have another choice , '' he said . Co-winner William Seeley wore a `` Duck Dynasty '' -themed T-shirt and rather looked and talked like the A & E show 's stars . Wearing a long beard , he said he was `` Happy , happy , happy '' in the style of the program 's patriarch , Phil Robertson . Seeley said he lost his mother to cancer last year , and his dad is suffering from it now . `` That 's ... the first place I stopped , was Pop 's house . Started crying in front of him and told him I loved him and you got nothing to worry about now except getting better , '' Seeley said . The other winners are : Ralston Chalfant Jr. ; Peter Cherkos ; Joseph D'Angelo ; June Delgado ; Robert Heinen ; Dorothy Kulina ; Tabitha Long ; Brian McCarthy ; Susan Nickel ; Eleine Sanchez ; and Donna Cinque-Stasse . An electrical engineer in Minnesota came forward on Thursday to claim his one-third stake . The holder of the other ticket -- also sold in New Jersey -- has yet to come forward . The all-time largest U.S. jackpot was $ 656 million in the Mega Millions game in March 2012 . That was split among three tickets sold in Illinois , Kansas and Maryland . Powerball is played in 43 states , the District of Columbia and the U.S. Virgin Islands . A single ticket costs $ 2 .
16 co-workers at N.J. vehicle maintenance facility hold one of three winning tickets . Their share of $ 448M jackpot will be $ 3.8 million each , after taxes . Several suffered property losses in Superstorm Sandy . One other ticket sold in N.J. , the third sold in Minnesota .