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Staten Island plumber unearths $136m lottery ticket from his basement | Staten Island plumber unearths $136m lottery ticket from his basement |
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A Staten Island plumber has won a lottery jackpot of more than $136m after unwittingly leaving the winning ticket abandoned in his basement for six weeks. | A Staten Island plumber has won a lottery jackpot of more than $136m after unwittingly leaving the winning ticket abandoned in his basement for six weeks. |
Anthony Perosi, 56, bought the ticket on 14 March, but a friend mistakenly told him that someone else had won. He then pinned the ticket to a pipe in his basement, where he keeps other tickets he has recently bought, but didn’t check its numbers. | Anthony Perosi, 56, bought the ticket on 14 March, but a friend mistakenly told him that someone else had won. He then pinned the ticket to a pipe in his basement, where he keeps other tickets he has recently bought, but didn’t check its numbers. |
When his truck broke down more than a month later, he went to the basement to check whether any tickets at the “lucky” spot might help him pay for car parts. | When his truck broke down more than a month later, he went to the basement to check whether any tickets at the “lucky” spot might help him pay for car parts. |
“I was looking at the ticket, looking at the computer, looking at the ticket, looking at the computer,” he told reporters at a press conference. “I tried to breathe in, and nothing would go in, so I thought I was having a heart attack, like my heart stopped. | “I was looking at the ticket, looking at the computer, looking at the ticket, looking at the computer,” he told reporters at a press conference. “I tried to breathe in, and nothing would go in, so I thought I was having a heart attack, like my heart stopped. |
“So I really grabbed the ticket, thinking that they’ll find it in my hand,” he joked, “and then I finally exhaled.” | “So I really grabbed the ticket, thinking that they’ll find it in my hand,” he joked, “and then I finally exhaled.” |
He said he spent the next few minutes walking in a circle in his living room and dining room in disbelief, his dogs trailing him, before he finally called his 27-year-old son to give him the news. | He said he spent the next few minutes walking in a circle in his living room and dining room in disbelief, his dogs trailing him, before he finally called his 27-year-old son to give him the news. |
“I didn’t believe him when he told me,” said his son, also named Anthony. “Then he gave me the ticket and I checked on my phone, and I thought I’d almost have the heart attack.” | “I didn’t believe him when he told me,” said his son, also named Anthony. “Then he gave me the ticket and I checked on my phone, and I thought I’d almost have the heart attack.” |
The father said he will share his winnings with his son. After taxes, Anthony senior will receive $38.6m, and his son will get $16.5m. | The father said he will share his winnings with his son. After taxes, Anthony senior will receive $38.6m, and his son will get $16.5m. |
The elder Perosi said he will keep working, but “a lot less, and do some investing for the future of my nieces and nephews and my grandchildren, hopefully”. | The elder Perosi said he will keep working, but “a lot less, and do some investing for the future of my nieces and nephews and my grandchildren, hopefully”. |
He said he hopes to travel a bit around New York – “you know, Buffalo, the woods” – and that rather than pay for that part he’ll likely just get a new truck. | |
His son said he would pay the bills and think about his future. | His son said he would pay the bills and think about his future. |
Lottery officials said it was the second largest Powerball prize ever awarded in New York. | Lottery officials said it was the second largest Powerball prize ever awarded in New York. |
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