"this is a great country"...

LINCOLN, Neb., Feb. 22 — Eight workers at a Nebraska meatpacking plant stepped forward Wednesday to claim the largest lottery jackpot in American history, $365 million.

The workers, seven men and a woman, bought the winning Powerball ticket at a convenience store near the ConAgra ham processing plant where they worked. At least three of the winners are immigrants, two from Vietnam and one from Congo.

"This is great country!" said one winner, Quang Dao, 56, who came to the United States in 1988. Mr. Dao still has family in Vietnam and said he planned to help them financially with his winnings.