Public Works employees split $4M jackpot

Published: December 15, 2005 | 3010th good news item since 2003

Fifteen Department of Public Works employees received a timely holiday bonus when they became the sole winners of last week’s $4 million Pick 6 Lotto jackpot.

Without giving specific names, Mayor Brian Wahler confirmed Tuesday that 15 of the township’s public works employees won the jackpot in Thursday’s drawing.

“It’s exciting, but I’m just really glad they didn’t find out they had won for another day so they were there to plow the snow the next morning,” Wahler said.

The winning numbers were 4, 8, 23, 26, 37 and 43.

The Gift Horse at 174 Stelton Road sold the winning ticket. The store, according to New Jersey State Lottery executive director Michellene Davis, will receive a $2,000 bonus check for selling the winning ticket. A store employee confirmed it was the first time the store had sold a winning jackpot lottery ticket.

Wahler said that the jackpot winners are still employed by the township’s public works department and that after taxes, the winners will most likely walk away with about $150,000 each.

Published in Sudden Wealth
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