but one man says he 's the winner and will give someone who shares his facebook photo $ 1 million . the numbers on his ticket would be . to make the facebook announcement that much more bizarre , daniels vowed to give $ 1 million of his winnings to a “ random ” person who “ shares ” his photo . we ' ve reached out to daniels to see why he is n't volunteering for charity or learning a second language since he apparently has too much time on his hands . while the numbers on daniels 's account , which dates to 2008 . he claims in the comments of the facebook photo he was visiting a client in fountain hills , arizona when he bought the winning ticket . since the drawing , a couple in missouri has been identified as the holders of one of two winning tickets . why migrants , en route to the united states , are pausing in mexico why the new health - care bill may keep affordable care out of reach for some karen bach , director of budget , products and communications of the arizona lottery , announces during a news conference thursday that one of the winning tickets in the $ 579.9 million powerball jackpot was purchased in fountain hills , ariz. his name is nolan daniels , and he ’s just about to give some random dude or dudette $ 1 million . that set off a frenzy friday as thousands of facebook users got in on the action , with on thursday evening , a facebook user named nolan daniels posted a poorly - photoshopped picture of his supposedly - winning powerball ticket , along with the offer that he would give $ 1 million to a random person who shared it .