Man who won $3 million on scratch-off lottery ticket was laid off nearly a year ago
Updated: 7:27 PM EDT Jun 14, 2021
Jim Madalinsky
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Updated: 7:27 PM EDT Jun 14, 2021
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PLANS FOR THAT CASH. REPORTER: HE WAS LAID OFF AND OUT OF WORK. AND NOW, HE MAY NEVER NEED TO WORK AGAIN. HE IS OFFICIALLY IN MILLIONAIRE BECAUSE HE WAS AT THE RIGHT PLACE AT THE RIGHT TIME. SCRATCH OFF GAMES ARE NOTHING NEW. >> MY DRSOO ARE STILL PACKED WITH THEM IN MY CAR. REPORTER: HE LIVES IN INDIANA COUNTY. HE BOUGHT A MONOPOLY SCRATCH OFF TICKET AND ONE -- ONE $1000. THIS WAS THE CLOSEST PLACE HE COULD CASH IT AND DECIDED TEST IS LUCK AGAIN. >> ON MY WAY OUT, NOT THE TICKET, PARKED OVER THERE AND I’M STILL IN DISBELIEF AREA REPORTER: REPOER:RT THIS TICKET, ONE OF FIVE JACKPOTS IS FIVE -- $3 MILLION. >> I ASKED HIM IF HE WAS A LIAR. REPO:RTER THEY MADE IT OFFICIAL PRESENTING HIM WITH THIS CEREMONIAL $3 MILLION CHECK HE WAS LAID OFF FROM HIS JOB AT EESTI MILTON AUGUST. SO VACATIONS AND OTHER FUN STUFF IS ON THE ROAD BUT FAMILY WILL COME FIRST, TAKING CARE OF HIS SON AND HELPING HIS MOTHER GET OUT OF HIS JOB AT A LOCAL ONLINE AND LOOKING AFTER MOM. >> IT IS DEFINITELY LIFE-CHANGING. WE HAD IT PRETTY HARD GOINGP. U I WAS EIGHT YEARS OLD WHEN MY FATHER PASSEAWD AY. MY MOTHER TOOK CARE OF US. IT MEANS A LOT THAT I COULD DO SOMETHING FOR HER. SHE COULD RETIRE EARLIER. REPORTER: THAT IS IF SHE ACCEPTS THE FACT THAT HE WON. >> S ITILL DON’T BELIEVE IT. REPORTER: THEY ALSO CASNGHI IN A $10,000 BONUS FOR SELLING THE WINNING TICKET OR THE STILL OWNER TOLD US THIS IS THE LARGEST JACKPOT THEY HAVE EVER