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Mike Weirsky said at a news conference with lottery officials Thursday that he bought the tickets last Thursday at a Quick Check store in Phillipsburg, near the Pennsylvania border, and forgot them there because he was more focused on his cellphone.

Someone found them and gave them to the store to hold. When Weirsky returned on Friday, he verified the tickets were his and store employees returned them.

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Lottery officials said Thursday that if the person who found the tickets had held onto them and signed them, they could have claimed the jackpot.

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Weirsky, who has been playing the lottery for years, said he checked the tickets at home on Sunday and saw heB次元官网网址檇 matched the numbers, but couldnB次元官网网址檛 quite believe his eyes. He went back to the store during Sunday nightB次元官网网址檚 snowstorm and got the news.

B次元官网网址淚 couldnB次元官网网址檛 believe I was the winner of more than $2 after playing after all these years,B次元官网网址� he said.

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