NEW MILLIONAIRE Mega Millions Pays Off For One Morgantown Man
Reported by: Teresa Higginbotham
Web Producer: Teresa Higginbotham
Reported: Jan. 6, 2012 1:03 PM EST
Updated: Jan. 6, 2012 4:25 PM EST
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Charleston
, Kanawha County
, West Virginia
Meet West Virginia's newest millionaire, John Wiles.
Wiles, who is a machine operator at Jenn Moore Corporation, picked up his million dollar Mega Millions check with nothing but smiles on his face.
Wiles plays the lottery every week and picked his lucky numbers with a random pick.
His advice is to play the "Megaplier."
Wiles, checked his numbers on Wednesday and hit all five numbers but didn't know until the next day when he checked the newspaper that he had won a million dollars.
This isn't the first time the Wiles has won, two years ago they won $1,500 in Hot Lotto.
The family is planning to pay off the house and put some money in the bank for retirement.
The ticket was sold at the Bells 119 Grocery on Grafton Road in Morgantown.
The numbers were 23, 32, 33, 39, and 43 with a Megaball of 8. The "Megaplier" was 3.
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