When Weirsky returned on Friday, he verified the tickets were his and store employees returned them. Lottery officials said Thursday that if the person who found the tickets had held onto them and signed them, they could have claimed the jackpot. “I’m going to give him something, but I’m going to keep that private.”The 54-year-old says he got divorced last fall and had been a stay-at-home husband for years while his wife worked. “I couldn’t believe I was the winner of more than $2 after playing after all these years,” he said. ——This version corrects to show that the ticket was bought in Phillipsburg, not Pohatcong Township, per lottery officials.

Source: National Post March 07, 2019 18:20 UTC