An unemployed New Jersey man who won last Friday91裸聊视频檚 $273 million Mega Millions jackpot said he wants to reward the mystery person who returned the tickets to a store where he91裸聊视频檇 left them a day earlier.
Mike Weirsky said at a news conference with lottery officials Thursday that he bought the tickets last Thursday at a Quick Check store in Phillipsburg, near the Pennsylvania border, and forgot them there because he was more focused on his cellphone.
Someone found them and gave them to the store to hold. When Weirsky returned on Friday, he verified the tickets were his and store employees returned them.
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Lottery officials said Thursday that if the person who found the tickets had held onto them and signed them, they could have claimed the jackpot.
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The 54-year-old says he got divorced last fall and had been a stay-at-home husband for years while his wife worked. He said he91裸聊视频檇 been looking for work for about a year and hadn91裸聊视频檛 gotten any calls for interviews 91裸聊视频� until Wednesday, by which time work had ceased to be a priority.
91裸聊视频淚 had to deny it before I even went,91裸聊视频� he said.
Weirsky says he91裸聊视频檚 going to 91裸聊视频渟it back and enjoy91裸聊视频� the money. He said the first thing he91裸聊视频檚 going to do is buy a new pickup truck, then buy his mother a new car and pay to remodel her home.
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91裸聊视频淎fter that I91裸聊视频檓 basically locked in to what my lawyer and other people I have working for me tell me I can do,91裸聊视频� he said.
Weirsky, who has been playing the lottery for years, said he checked the tickets at home on Sunday and saw he91裸聊视频檇 matched the numbers, but couldn91裸聊视频檛 quite believe his eyes. He went back to the store during Sunday night91裸聊视频檚 snowstorm and got the news.
91裸聊视频淚 couldn91裸聊视频檛 believe I was the winner of more than $2 after playing after all these years,91裸聊视频� he said.
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