Iron worker used birthdays to choose winning numbers
ATLANTA (Winston-Salem Journal) - An iron worker and his wife said that their days of living paycheck to paycheck were behind them after presenting the winning ticket yesterday for a $275 million Mega Millions jackpot.
Robert and Tonya Harris said they also plan to replace their trailer home with a new house, and buy a new four-wheel-drive truck first thing this morning. “I was having to work overtime to make ends meet,” said Robert Harris, who quit his job as soon as he found out his lottery ticket was a winner. “Now we don’t have to do that.”
The jackpot is the largest won by a single player in the history of the 15-year-old Georgia Lottery and the third largest in Mega Millions history, lottery officials said. Robert Harris said he picked the winning numbers from Friday’s multistate drawing - 7, 12, 13, 19 and 22, plus the Mega Ball number 10 - by using his grandchildren’s birthdays.
Robert and Tonya Harris said they also plan to replace their trailer home with a new house, and buy a new four-wheel-drive truck first thing this morning. “I was having to work overtime to make ends meet,” said Robert Harris, who quit his job as soon as he found out his lottery ticket was a winner. “Now we don’t have to do that.”
The jackpot is the largest won by a single player in the history of the 15-year-old Georgia Lottery and the third largest in Mega Millions history, lottery officials said. Robert Harris said he picked the winning numbers from Friday’s multistate drawing - 7, 12, 13, 19 and 22, plus the Mega Ball number 10 - by using his grandchildren’s birthdays.
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