A retired hospice chaplain from Glen Ellyn, Illinois, was sitting on a $1 million winning lottery ticket for two months until two weeks ago when he decided to clean up his desk.
"About 12 tickets had accumulated on my desk, and I decided to tidy up to make room for my new computer. I checked the winning numbers on the Illinois Lottery website and just about screamed when I saw that I won," said Ron Yurcus in a release from the Illinois Lottery issued the week.
Yurcus matched the first five numbers in the Aug. 22 Powerball drawing.
He and his wife Kathleen, Glen Ellyn residents for 45 years, plan to invest the money and share it with family, including their three children and four grandchildren. They also plan to donate to charities.
The lottery also presented a BP store in Glen Ellyn, at 339 Roosevelt Road, with a ceremonial bonus check for $10,000 for selling the winning ticket. The ceremony was Wednesday, said lottery spokeswoman Micaela Small.
good for him..a millon will go a long way in helping his family
Jesus
Clean n Win!
Third story of this nature for the year.
Take a hint LP!
Congratulations to this chaplain for both his service to hospice care and for his wining the $1million dollar prize!
That's a blessing!! Nice win
Mr. Yurcus, was lucky enough to clean up his desk and found the winning ticket... He may have felt something from within that made him decide to check on lottery online. Luckily, he never threw up the tickets...just really a lucky man on the planet...
nice find he really cleaned up
Nice story, if I ever win a large amount I plan on waiting until I've come up with an equally nice story before I cash in my ticket too.
We should all wait until we come up with the most outrageous stories, before we cash in.
It would be pathetically boring, to hear that someone won via the usual QP, playing birthday numbers, etc.
imagine that, another one.
Congratulations - wonderful surprise for you and your family.
After reading this I decided to clean up a desk and a table. I found 2 scratch-offs. Worth $1 each. Finally, a system that works!
I can't think of a better person to win than Rev. Yurcus. Hospice is such a wonderful organization. I hope he has a wonderful retirement.
Ah, yet another procrastination ceased that ends up rewarding BIG time! Congratulations Yurcus family, enjoy!
Congrats, I bet he'll do good things.
And who among the church preachers say the lottery is gambling and evil? I don't think his family thinks it is evil! Congrats and I am glad he didn't say he would tithe on it since tithing in the Bible only was for crops and certain livestock, not money!
Well if cleaning brings one luck, I just cleaned my bathrooms...karma, karma, karma, karma, karma chameleon!
Nice,
thank you.
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Hmmm... I like that. An outrageous story... "while skinny-dipping with sharks, Mr. X discovered he had won the lottery when his laminated lottery ticket floated out of his wallet..."