( CNN ) -- The second Powerball ticket holder in last month 's record jackpot has come forward to claim winnings worth nearly $ 200 million before taxes , the Arizona Lottery said Friday . `` It is difficult to express just how thankful we are for this wonderful gift , '' said the winner , a married man in his 30s whom the lottery said it would not identify publicly , at his request . `` We are extremely grateful and feel fortunate to now have an increased ability to support our charities and causes . Obviously , this has been incredibly overwhelming , and we have always cherished our privacy . '' The message directed reporters to the law firm Rhoads & Sinon LLP in Harrisburg , Pennsylvania , which did not immediately return a call on Friday night . The winner lives in Fountain Hills , northeast of Phoenix , said Karen Bach , director of budget , communications and products at the Arizona Lottery . He and his wife relocated there about a year ago from Pennsylvania and had played Powerball in Arizona only twice , she said . The $ 587.6 million jackpot from the November 28 drawing had a cash option of $ 384.7 million before taxes . The Arizona winner has opted to take cash , $ 192.5 million , before taxes . Fake lottery winner may be Facebook 's most shared photo . On the day of the drawing , he went to 4 Sons Food Store in Fountain Hills , `` handed the clerk a $ 20 bill and he said , ' I 'd like 10 in Quick Pick Powerball tickets , ' '' she told reporters . `` The retailer tried to encourage him to spend the entire $ 20 and he said , 'No , $ 10 is all I want to spend . ' Clearly , that was enough . '' He left his ticket overnight on the sun visor in his vehicle and retrieved it the next day , after he and his wife heard there had been a winner in Arizona . Then they compared the numbers on the ticket against those posted on the lottery website , she said . `` They checked the numbers over and over again and were just absolutely shocked , '' Bach said . Since then , the couple has assembled a legal and financial team to guide them through the process and began meeting with them on Monday , going so far as to use a whiteboard to write down how they wanted to allocate their newfound assets , Bach said . Columns on the whiteboard included entries for financial , legal and `` fun , '' she said . The couple opted to claim the prize before the end of the year `` because of concerns over the fiscal cliff in 2013 , '' she said . The winnings are to be awarded on about December 14 , said Jeff Hatch-Miller , executive director of the Arizona Lottery . Hatch-Miller , who met Friday morning with the winner in a hotel suite in Scottsdale , said the winner likes what he does and has no immediate plans to change it . `` The winner said , 'You know , I like my job ; I 'd like to continue working my job , ' '' Hatch-Miller said . He described the man 's work as `` just a regular job , like yours or mine -- it 's not a high-level job . '' The winner 's anonymity is not likely to last . A spokeswoman for the Arizona Lottery , Cindy Esquer , said it would release his name on Monday to news organizations that file Freedom of Information Act requests for it . Two winners from Missouri claimed their half of the jackpot on November 30 . The prize is considered income by the IRS , meaning that the highest federal tax rate of 35 % will apply . Each winner would therefore owe $ 67 million to the IRS , said Mark Luscombe , principal analyst at tax research firm CCH , in an interview last month . State taxes will also apply . In Arizona , a resident who has the winning ticket will be charged a 5 % tax on the prize money . If a non-resident bought the winning ticket , a 6 % rate will apply . The resulting tax bill will be either $ 10 million or $ 11 million , according to CCH . Ohio cops share $ 1million Powerball prize . Missouri charges residents and non-residents a 4 % tax , making the tax liability there nearly $ 8 million . Taking both state and federal taxes into consideration means the Arizona winner would owe up to $ 78 million in taxes and take home $ 114 million . The Missouri winner 's tax bill would total about $ 75 million , leaving a take of $ 117.5 million . However , in either case , the amount paid in state taxes could likely be deducted on the winners ' federal tax returns , lowering the overall tax liability slightly .
NEW : Winner expresses thanks while seeking privacy . 10 winners from Missouri have already claimed their share of the prize . 30s about $ 75 million jackpot was the largest in Powerball history . Missouri winner is married , in his 30s and plans to keep his job , lottery official says .