Meet your hundred million dollar winner.
Ira Curry, of Stone Mountain, Ga., has come forward as one of the two who struck it rich in the massive Mega Millions jackpot drawing.
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Curry will take the cash option and, after taxes, will rake in $123 million, Georgia Lottery Corporation president and CEO Debbie Alford said at a press conference from Atlanta on Wednesday.
[h=4]JOHN G. MABANGLO/EPA[/h][h=4]A sign put out in front of Jenny's Gift Shop by the California Lottery officials, where one of the two winning Mega Millions jackpot lottery tickets was sold in San Jose, California.[/h]
“They were very, very excited about the win,” she said. “They’re still in a state of shock.”
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Curry did not know of her win until this morning. She heard on the radio that the Mega Ball number was 7, the one she had picked, Alford said. Curry called her daughter, who read off the rest of the winning numbers through “joyful tears and laughter,” Alford said.
“I asked her how she kept from veering off the road and she said she was just in a state of disbelief,” Alford said.
[h=4]Ben Margot/AP[/h][h=4]Jenny's Gift Shop owner Thuy Nguyen, right, accepts a $1 million check from California lottery sales representative Mona Sanders Wednesday.[/h]
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Curry, who is married and has at least one daughter, only bought one ticket, on Friday, using a combination of family birthdays and the family lucky number, 7.
She didn’t do a “quick pick,” a computer-generated combination of numbers.
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[h=4]JOHN G. MABANGLO/EPA[/h][h=4]The winners will split the estimated 636 million US dollar jackpot with the winner in Georgia. Nguyen will get a one million USD bonus for selling one of the winning tickets.[/h]
Curry will split the $636 million jackpot with an unknown winner in the San Jose, Calif., area.
Curry bought her ticket at Gateway News, a stand in Atlanta. The owners will receive no bonus for selling the winning ticket because of Georgia state lottery rules.
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The owners of Jennifer’s Gift Shop, the store that sold the winning ticket in San Jose, will receive $1 million.
[h=4]Mary Ellen Mathews/NBC Photo[/h][h=4]Kenneth Parcell, played by Jack McBrayer, is a fictional “30 Rock” character who claims Stone Mountain, Ga., as his hometown. He’s the second-most famous resident there after Ira Curry won the Mega Millions jackpot.[/h]
That winner has yet to come forward.
Curry did not attend the press conference just before 4 p.m. Wednesday, but came forward with her winning ticket around 11 a.m., Alford said.
Curry could not be reached for comment.
The winning numbers were: 8, 14, 17, 20, 39; Mega Ball: 7.
The jackpot was the second-largest lottery prize in U.S. history.
Stone Mountain is just outside Atlanta. The suburb is frequently referred to as the hometown of fictional TV character Kenneth Parcell, played by Jack McBrayer, on NBC’s “30 Rock.”
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Ira Curry, of Stone Mountain, Ga., has come forward as one of the two who struck it rich in the massive Mega Millions jackpot drawing.
RELATED: NO WINNER IN $425M MEGA MILLIONS JACKPOT
Curry will take the cash option and, after taxes, will rake in $123 million, Georgia Lottery Corporation president and CEO Debbie Alford said at a press conference from Atlanta on Wednesday.
“They were very, very excited about the win,” she said. “They’re still in a state of shock.”
RELATED: MEGA MILLIONS JACKPOT CLIMBS TO $586 MILLION
Curry did not know of her win until this morning. She heard on the radio that the Mega Ball number was 7, the one she had picked, Alford said. Curry called her daughter, who read off the rest of the winning numbers through “joyful tears and laughter,” Alford said.
“I asked her how she kept from veering off the road and she said she was just in a state of disbelief,” Alford said.
RELATED: JACKPOCKET APP LETS USERS PLAY THE LOTTERY ON THEIR PHONES
Curry, who is married and has at least one daughter, only bought one ticket, on Friday, using a combination of family birthdays and the family lucky number, 7.
She didn’t do a “quick pick,” a computer-generated combination of numbers.
RELATED: MEGA MILLIONS WINNING NUMBERS DRAWN
Curry will split the $636 million jackpot with an unknown winner in the San Jose, Calif., area.
Curry bought her ticket at Gateway News, a stand in Atlanta. The owners will receive no bonus for selling the winning ticket because of Georgia state lottery rules.
RELATED: WINNING MEGA MILLIONS TICKETS SOLD IN CALIFORNIA, GEOGIA
The owners of Jennifer’s Gift Shop, the store that sold the winning ticket in San Jose, will receive $1 million.
That winner has yet to come forward.
Curry did not attend the press conference just before 4 p.m. Wednesday, but came forward with her winning ticket around 11 a.m., Alford said.
Curry could not be reached for comment.
The winning numbers were: 8, 14, 17, 20, 39; Mega Ball: 7.
The jackpot was the second-largest lottery prize in U.S. history.
Stone Mountain is just outside Atlanta. The suburb is frequently referred to as the hometown of fictional TV character Kenneth Parcell, played by Jack McBrayer, on NBC’s “30 Rock.”
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