Man Plays Wrong Lottery Game And Wins $14.3 Million
A Wisconsin man won the $14.3 million Megabucks pot, but was oblivious to his windfall for three days. The employees of the gas station where the winning ticket was sold wondered about who had scored the big payday and hoped it was one of their regulars, Napolean Elvord, a veteran in need of a kidney transplant. Employees even asked him if he was the big winner, and Napolean said it wasn’t. But when no one claimed the ticket, workers pressed him again, and it turns out that he had been looking at the wrong day’s results. “I think it was a mistake because I was trying to play the Powerball,” he said. Elvord is opting for a $10.2 million lump sum, or $6.87 million after taxes. He says he’ll take care of health insurance first and then move to his warmer home state of Texas.
A Wisconsin man won the $14.3 million Megabucks pot, but was oblivious to his windfall for three days. The employees of the gas station where the winning ticket was sold wondered about who had scored the big payday and hoped it was one of their regulars, Napolean Elvord, a veteran in need of a kidney transplant. Employees even asked him if he was the big winner, and Napolean said it wasn’t. But when no one claimed the ticket, workers pressed him again, and it turns out that he had been looking at the wrong day’s results. “I think it was a mistake because I was trying to play the Powerball,” he said. Elvord is opting for a $10.2 million lump sum, or $6.87 million after taxes. He says he’ll take care of health insurance first and then move to his warmer home state of Texas.
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