FILE: Mega Millions lottery tickets are printed out of a lottery machine at a convenience store in Chicago. (AP)
An unemployed New Jersey man who bought a winning $273 million lottery ticket last week said accidentally misplaced it at the store before returning the next day to pick it up, according to a report.
Mike Weirsky, 54, said he had bought two Mega Millions tickets at the Quick Chek on New Brunswick Avenue in Pohatcong Township, N.J. on Feb. 28 but left them at the store.
Michael.J Weirsky, Grand Rapids, Michigan. 57 likes 1 talking about this. Mike Weirsky, 54, may have lost out on his winning ticket if not for the good deed of Phil Campolo, a cashier at a convenience store in New Jersey.
Mike Weirsky accepted his winnings as a lump sum, which was roughly $162.5 million after taxes. It was a large sum of money that would make it simple to do nearly anything he wanted to. However, Mike remained a modest attitude about his new millionaire status. Mike Weirsky finally got a call for a job interview Wednesday after more than a year of looking for employment without any luck. But that call came three days too late, he said. On Sunday, Weirsky.
When he returned to get them the next day, the store was holding them in a drawer. A “good Samaritan” had reportedly found them and had given them to the clerk. That night, the winning numbers were called but Weirsky wasn’t paying attention.
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It was not until Sunday that a conversation with a friend reminded him of his tickets. He checked his tickets and realized he had a winner, nj.com reported.
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Weirsky, who is technically unemployed and has been picking up money doing handyman worked joked: “I was a bum in high school, I was a bum after. Maybe I’ll be a beach bum now.”