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$190,000,000 Mega Millions WINNER PLANS TO "PAY IT FORWARD"
Jim McCullar is One of the World’s Luckiest People…Ever
OLYMPIA: Retired Boeing employee and Vietnam War veteran, Jim McCullar,
couldn’t be more excited about his Mega Millions $190,000,000 jackpot win.
Surrounded by his wife and children, he accepted his ceremonial “huge”
check today.
“Carolyn and I used to play our birthdays, 08-15-42 and 04-25-47,” Jim
explained to Washington State’s Governor, Christine Gregoire, who came to
meet the winner. “We first used the numbers playing the Oregon Lottery
years ago and won $18,000. This time Carolyn said we should go back to using
our lucky numbers. So we did and here we are!”
The father of six and grandfather of 23 said, “We’re not the only two
winners. Our whole family is winning.” His daughter responded saying they
were the lucky ones to have Jim and Carolyn as parents.
“I was watching Stephanie Vigil on KHQ news channel,” Jim recounted. “She
looked me right in the eye and read the winning numbers. I felt like she
was talking to me directly. I took my heart medication so I wouldn’t have a
heart attack. Then I woke up my wife and had her come check the numbers
with me to make sure. We called all of our kids and none of them believed us
. I had to take a picture of the ticket next to the computer screen to prove
it.”
“We used to look at houses all the time online and dream of what we could
buy if we won the lottery. Now we look at those and think they don’t look
like they’re that much,” Carolyn said.
The McCullar children say their parents won because they always pay it
forward even when they couldn’t afford it.
“We always give people Christmas presents anonymously and turkeys to the
food bank whenever possible. We’re just excited to pay it forward even more
,” Jim explained. “We’re rich people who happen to be wealthy now.”
Gov. Gregoire left Washington’s Lottery saying, “It happened to the right
family.” |
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