Robert McCauley won a $6,300,000 Oregon Lottery jackpot, and his luck
was all the more amazing because the win was on a free ticket - that was
almost left behind at the store!Get more news about
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McCauley, of Mount Vernon, west of John Day in Grant County, picked up
the ticket when he was running errands. "I decided to go to the Post
Office," he recalled. "It's only a couple of blocks away."
On his trip, he passed the Blue Mountain Mini Mart and stopped by to
check his Megabucks ticket from the last draw and pick up a new
ticket.80-year-old McCauley kept to social distancing rules by heading
to the Mini Mart's drive-up window. As it turned out, there was no cash
prize, but he had scored a free ticket - although he nearly left without
it.
"I checked Bob's ticket and actually gave him the voucher slip that came
with his free ticket," manager Jolene Moulton said. "As he was walking
away, I saw the free play ticket sitting on the counter and realized Bob
had the wrong ticket. I called him back to the window and gave him the
free ticket."
The day after the Monday, March 23 drawing, Moulton's customers were
asking who the local big winner was after the lottery terminal printed a
message that "the winning $6.3 million Megabucks ticket was sold in the
city of Mount Vernon."
Moulton knew she'd only sold three tickets for the draw in the small
community with a population of 512, and thought of McCauley.Later that
day, McCauley got a knock on his door. “It was Bill, from the city,” he
said. “I answered the door and Bill says, ‘Bob. You need to check your
ticket, because Jolene thinks you may have won the lottery.’”
McCauley's daughter Pam checked his ticket online and and discovered
that Moulton's gut feeling was right on target - her dad had won the
jackpot.As McCauley tells it, he took the incredible news more calmly
than his daughter. "Pam was screaming and jumping up and down," he said.
"I was cool as a cucumber."
McCauley chose to receive his winnings as a lump sum single cash
payment, which meant that after taxes he collected $2.14 million. "It
could not have happened to a nicer person," Moulton said of the Mini
Mart's regular customer.So what's on the newly-minted multimillionaire's
wishlist? McCauley said that his wife would like a new refrigerator,
and after that he'll get a new truck for himself.
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