Two couples claim $340M lottery jackpot

? A family that parlayed $40 worth of tickets into the second-biggest jackpot in U.S. lottery history came forward Tuesday to claim their $340 million prize.

“I’m still in disbelief that we won the big one,” said Frances Chaney, 68, who went in on the Powerball ticket with her 72-year-old husband Bob, their daughter and daughter’s husband.

The Powerball numbers were drawn on Oct. 19, but the four waited to claim their winnings at Oregon Lottery headquarters until they consulted with tax and financial advisers, said the Chaneys’ son-in-law, Steve West, 48.

Frances Chaney said she checked lottery numbers on the Internet on the night of the drawing, and was shocked to see they had the winning numbers.

She woke up her husband, and then called her daughter, Carolyn West, 47, to break the news. She said Steve West didn’t believe it at first.

The four, who live in southern Oregon, said they haven’t made major purchases yet, other than a Humvee that Bob Chaney bought.

“For the past year or so he’s been wanting to get a yellow Hummer. Needless to say, there’s one in our driveway now,” said Frances Chaney.