You're watching...

Maryland's Mega Millions mystery solved

Details

  • Description

    3 public school workers to share lottery

  • Duration 3:01
  • Date

Clips

Also in this playlist...

Editor's Picks

Auto-advance: ON

Auto-advance

Transcript

This transcript is automatically generated

Have in this case a winner.

For real this time three teachers claimed the winning Mega Millions lottery and -- -- None of them are this McDonald's worker who insisted remember that she had the ticket but that it was buried somewhere in the McDonald's where she worked.

Larry officials say that the trio work multiple jobs and that they do not plan on retiring.

One of them works two full time jobs.

Another has a part time job.

And a third has few other part time jobs.

All of them indicated that they would continue and the teachers sunset that they all plan at this point in time to remain public school teachers.

-- -- -- We'll see what happens when they have more time to to think about it maybe they well hang in there.

With those jobs -- Calais live in Washington did not have the winning ticket and we expect him to stick around we certainly helps out.

And we see play out can assume apparently died that that woman that we saw last week with the suites Hawaiian -- Bryant had -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- That web -- if they wanted to stick with the dad -- that he may have lost that one too we just don't know.

Of the Maryland winning ticket is the rightful property of those three people all of them affiliated with the State's public education system all -- multiple jobs if you just heard at one of them.

Is an elementary school teacher and other special Ed teacher and a third provides administrative support for the school system.

Each will receive thirteen million dollars in cash that's after taxes are taken out.

Of their 34 point nine million dollar earnings that's a huge chunk of taxes and it.

All of them opted for that cash payout.

Here's a really uplifting thing -- these winners none of them as you heard plans to leave their job at least for the time being one of them reporting to lottery officials I can't do that to my kids.

Meaning to their students.

Let's listen.

Finally you didn't let me just say a couple things I think more personal observation about these winners.

We we were particularly pleased that.

These.

Folks were able to comment in the way they did.

They were modest.

They were.

I think humbled by this with the stroke of luck that they have they've received I think at times they were -- bit overwhelmed.

And Martha -- something else that should that give you hope about these three the first thing one of them did when she learned she held the winning ticket.

She took it to a relative who has a safe in.

In the house and then she called.

A financial advisor one of the plans to backpack through Europe with the brother another -- to -- for his daughter's college education and other wants to tour the wine country of Italy.

That's really nice story you know -- business it sounds like a very good outcome you always hear about these people whose lives are destroyed by.

Winning all of this money but we we really wish them -- and that we hope that they truly enjoy.

His winnings over the years that thank you absolutely that's --