Jim Jim McCullar is one of the two megamillion winners appeared before the officials with the winning ticket. Jim McCullar, a retired Boeing Co. employee, purchased his ticket in a supermarket in Ephrata in eastern Washington, almost one hundred twenty five miles(125miles) from Post Falls, Idaho, a suburb of Spokane, Wash., where the other ticket was sold.
The winners had to match five numbers plus the “Mega ball.” The numbers were 4, 8, 15, 25 and 47, and 42 as the Mega ball.
The McCullars have played certain combination of those numbers for years since they’re dependent on the couple’s birthdays. It has worked before: Jim McCullar announced he received about $18,000 several years ago playing similar numbers on a keno game in Oregon.
The possibility of winning the huge jackpot drew massive curiosity across the nation as hundreds of people lined up to purchase tickets in the 41 states and Washington, D.C., where the lottery is held.
Jim McCullar stated he had rough plans to give a few donations to charities, although he declined to name which ones. He has already given his notice at the real estate company where he was working.
The couple has been house hunting, as well as knows they could afford a better place – but not too huge, he said. An RV might be in their outlook for visit friends and family around the country, and to “hide out” for a while.
McCullar said the money will, of course, help his huge extended family: six children, including two from an earlier marriage; 23 grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
“The legacy is going to go generation after generation after generation,” he announced. “We’re not going to blow this.”