|Jim McCullar" Winner of Mega Lottery Claims $190 M

A man who bought one of the two winning tickets in the $380-million Mega Millions lottery claimed his half of the multi-state lotto top prize Thursday.

Jim McCullar of Ephrata, Wash., then on time handed the jumbo cheque to his wife, Carolyn, as their adult children looked on.

He said “we have been married for the last 41 years and we are well aware what to do with this cheque." While the McCullars moved forward to obtain their prize, officials and residents in neighboring Idaho were still coming up for whoever has the other winning ticket to claim a share of the winnings.

Jim McCullar purchased his ticket at a supermarket in Ephrata in eastern Washington, about 200 K.M from Post Falls, Idaho, where the other tickets were sold.

McCullar said in news conference he woke up his wife after the drawing on Tuesday to inform her they had won. The winning numbers were 4, 8, 15, 25 and 47, with the Mega ball number of 42.

He said. "I was pale, shaking. She thought I was having a heart attack”.

She asked him how he was and he told her: "I'm perfect."