Powerball winner to set up Web site

CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- A charitable foundation created by Powerball's richest winner plans to establish a Web site to handle an avalanche of requests for aid.

The Jack Whittaker Foundation, announced last week, has reserved an Internet domain name but has not yet created the Web site, said John Auge, a spokesman for Whittaker.

The foundation also needs approval from the West Virginia secretary of state's office and the Internal Revenue Service before it can distribute charitable gifts, Auge said.

"The wheels are in motion, but the starting point for the fund will happen after the approval," Auge said.

Whittaker won the $314.9 million Powerball jackpot Christmas Day. He opted to take the cash option, which entitled him to a lower lump sum payment of more than $113 million rather than 30 payments over 29 years.