O'FALLON, Mo. — Heather and Jason McCarty's wedding anniversary this week (their 10th) will be just a wee bit more special this time around.
Jason McCarty, 36, bought a winning lottery ticket last weekend worth $4.4 million at the Q-Stop IV at 914 Bryan Road off Interstate 70 in O'Fallon. He purchased a $5 "Quick Pick" Lotto ticket that selected the six winning numbers: 21, 23, 26, 35, 36 and 38 for the jackpot.
"He came home and said, 'Here, happy anniversary," his wife, Heather McCarty, 37, was quoted as saying in a news release.
The McCartys told lottery officials they plan to help their family, buy a new minivan and pay off debt.
The McCartys couldn't immediately be reached for comment, but a lottery spokeswoman said Jason McCarty works for Savvis Communications and Heather McCarty works in a doctor's office.
They have two children and are expecting a third soon.
The Q-Stop IV will receive a check for $44,000 (or 1 percent of the jackpot) for selling the winning ticket.
(Click for full-size; opens in new window)Heather and Jason McCarty: new millionaires from O'Fallon, Missouri.
Congratulations, you make a hansom couple. I used to live in Missouri and I loved to play powerball there. There were 2 jackpots sold within a block of me in opposite directions. Each time I bought my ticket in the other store. Now I live in Ohio and a huge powerball jackpot was sold one block from where I bought my ticket. Close but no cigar.
I noticed that this article mistyped one of the winning #s.
Congrats to them on their win!
Good eye, I fixed the error in the article.
Great...now we need a story on the person who won the Ohio Classic Lotto Jackpot....$35 million + jackpot puts this one to shame
Congrats to them...they surely make a cute couple....May GOD bless them and their family.
yes, let's hope they don't show up on the lottery loser list with jack and the others.
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