South Park,WA., pool hits the Washington Mega Millions Lotto

South Park,WA., pool hits the Washington Mega Millions Lotto

WORKERS BUILD POOL TO WIN BIG 21 Co-Workers Form Pool for Mega Millions

OLYMPIA Are you in? Ted Maus enthusiastically asks as he makes his rounds
collecting $10 from his colleagues. Maus has organized a Mega Millions
lotto pool at work for years and says whenever the Jackpot gets above $100
million they buy tickets. So when the Jackpot reached $270 million
for the February 22 drawing, 21 employees of Gary Merlino Construction
in South Park pooled their money to purchase 221 Washington Mega Millions tickets.

According to Maus, participants buy into the pool at $10 each
and this time, that 10 bucks paid off as the coworkers won the
$250,000 second tier Washington Mega Millions prize. Once the shock subsided,
the pool of 21 winners decided to form the R.U.N. Trust,
named in honor of Maus’ lucky query.

I purchased the ticket from Safeway in Maple Valley and when I went back
to check it, the cashier was speechless. She couldn’t get the words out
so I knew we must have won big, Maus said. When we finally found out
how much we won my wife and I couldn’t contain our excitement! I called everyone in the pool immediately!
Once the money is divided equally, each pool member will walk away with approximately $8,000 and they all plan on spending it on something they’re passionate about.
I’m going to take my wife to Italy for her 50th birthday, Maus said.
Some other guys bought motorcycles and some bought parts for the bikes
they already have this is a dream come true for all of us.