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The winner of Michigan’s Powerball jackpot says she quit her «nasty, dirty» job after her lottery windfall and wants to use the winnings to provide for her children.
SHOWS: LANSING, MICHIGAN, UNITED STATES (OCTOBER 6, 2015) (NBC – NO ACCESS USA / NO ACCESS CNN / FOR BROADCAST CLIENT USE ONLY / NO ACCESS INTERNET / MOBILE / WIRELESS)
1. POWERBALL WINNER JULIE LEACH RECEIVING CHECK
2. CLOSE OF CHECK
3. LEACH HOLDING UP CHECK
4. PAN OF ROOM, LEACH CAN BE HEARD SAYING HER PARTNER WANTED TO GO TO WORK
5. JOURNALIST (OFF-CAMERA) ASKING LEACH IF SHE WILL LEAVE HER JOB
6. (SOUNDBITE) (English) JULIE LEACH, POWERBALL WINNER, SAYING:
«Oh I quit automatically (LAUGHTER) I was done. (Journalist asking where she worked) I worked at Aquatic Bathware. It’s a fiber glass factory, nasty, dirty job.»
7. WIDE OF LEACH
8. (SOUNDBITE) (English) JULIE LEACH, POWERBALL WINNER, SAYING:
«I was having a bad night at work. I went to McDonald’s for lunch and thought, well I might as well check my numbers while I’m sitting here waiting for my lunch and that’s when I realized I was a winner. Didn’t believe it. I had to go back to work and get verified from a couple of other co-workers and just couldn’t believe it.»
9. WIDE OF LEACH
10. (SOUNDBITE) (English) JULIE LEACH, POWERBALL WINNER, SAYING:
«I’m gonna take care of my kids. I don’t want them to have to work like I had to work and deal with the kind of things that I had to deal with over life.»
11. WIDE OF LEACH
STORY: A 50-year-old Michigan grandmother won last week’s $310.5 million Powerball jackpot, the Michigan Lottery announced on Tuesday (October 6).
Julie Leach, from Three Rivers in southwestern Michigan, realized she had become a sudden millionaire while waiting for lunch at McDonald’s.
«I was having a bad night at work. I went to McDonald’s for lunch and thought, well I might as well check my numbers while I’m sitting here waiting for my lunch and that’s when I realized I was a winner. Didn’t believe it. I had to go back to work and get verified from a couple of other co-workers and just couldn’t believe it,» Leach told reporters in Lansing on Tuesday.
Leach said she planned to take the jackpot as a lump sum, which would amount to about $197.4 million. She said she quit her «nasty, dirty» job after her lottery windfall and planned use the winnings to provide for her children.
«I’m gonna take care of my kids. I don’t want them to have to work like I had to work and deal with the kind of things that I had to deal with over life.» Leach said in a press conference, adding she has called people for advice and believes she has a «good team» in place to figure out how to handle the money.
The drawing was on Sept. 30.
The lucky numbers were 21, 39, 40, 55, 59, 17. Leach bought the ticket at the Three Rivers West Shell gas station, located about 30 miles south of Kalamazoo.
Wednesday’s win was the third time a Michigan player has won the Powerball jackpot since the state began offering the game. Donald Lawson of Lapeer won $337 million playing the Powerball game in 2012 and holds the record for winning the largest lottery prize ever paid in the state, according to a statement from the Michigan Lottery.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]