Players opting for the annuity will acquire the entire jackpot in annual payments over 30 years.
Holmes, even so, paid an estimated $600,000 to bail bondsmen for the duration of that time to preserve McDow out of jail although he awaited trial.
The record $1.586 billion jackpot was shared by winners in California, Florida and Tennessee.
The married couple has opted to take a lump sum of $327 million.