Nolan Daniels, the man behind the altered "winning" Powerball ticket photo that is thought to be the most-shared image on Facebook ever - says he plans to turn the prank in a more "positive thing."
Daniels posted a photo of himself holding up a Powerball ticket with the correct numbers for the massive $588 million jackpot awarded Wednesday.
The public photo, which was shared at about 10 p.m. Thursday evening and had received more than 2 million shares by, included the statement:
Looks like I won't be going to work EVER!!!! Share this photo and I will give a random person 1 million dollars!
The photo is likely the most shared on Facebook's social networking site. Facebook's most-shared item last year was a New York Times photo gallery of the Japanese earthquake and tsunami. It was shared about 600,000 times.
Daniels, a 35-year-old software engineer from Arizona, told the Savannah Morning News. on Tuesday that he was just trying to prank a few of his Facebook friends when he posted the photo of himself holding the fakePowerball ticket.
Daniels says he regrets that he doesn't have $1 million to give away, but hopes he can use his brief fame "to help just one person."
He told the Morning News that he was touched by a message he received from a woman who said that she and her daughter both suffer from a rare brain disorder called Chiari malformation, which is genetic and causes severe headaches, fatigue, impaired coordination and paralysis.
Meanwhile, the legitimate winners have already stepping up to claim their share of the big payout - one couple from Missouri, reports Gawker's Adrian Chen, and an unidentified Arizona man who was allegedly captured on a gas station's surveillance camera right when he realize he had won a part of the Powerball lottery.
