![]() We would have been pleased with $500,000 or $1 million, to win $310.5 million is unbelievable. "We sat in the living room of our house for hours laughing and crying, trying to process what was happening and how our lives had changed. "Vaughn couldn't believe what I was telling him," said Leach. "As soon as I heard her voice I knew something was going on, but I didn't think she was going to tell me she had won Powerball." "I was in a deep sleep and had actually been dreaming that we had won the Lottery with the tickets I told her to buy," said Avery. Once home, she woke up her boyfriend of 36 years, Vaughn Avery, to tell him the life changing news. "One of my co-workers was sure it was a hoax, but after a few minutes he said 'Get the hell out of here, you're a winner!' That is exactly what I did, I clocked out for the final time of my 20-year career and went home." "Both of my co-workers thought I was playing a joke on them," said Leach. When Leach returned to work, she quietly asked a couple of co-workers to double check her ticket. I must have checked and re-checked my ticket 10 times." "When I saw that I had matched all five numbers and the Powerball, I just couldn't believe it. When I saw I had matched three, I remember thinking: 'Well that's pretty cool, I won like $200.' When I saw I had matched it, I started checking the numbers on that line one-by-one. "First, I checked to see if I had matched the Powerball number. "It seemed like it was taking forever to get my food, so I pulled out my cellphone and checked my Powerball tickets," said Leach. When I got back to my car I tossed the tickets in my console and went to work."ĭuring her lunch break about 1 a.m., Leach was waiting for her food in a drive through lane when she remembered she had purchased tickets for the Powerball drawing. "I stopped at the Shell station and bought 10 Powerball plays for $20. "My boyfriend told me I should stop and buy some Powerball tickets on my way to work because the jackpot was so huge," said Leach. Three Rivers is about 30 miles south of Kalamazoo. Wednesday at the Three Rivers West Shell gas station, located at 1223 West Michigan Avenue in Three Rivers. "I have been in shock since I checked my ticket Thursday morning, and I don't know if it will ever wear off." Leach bought her winning ticket about 6:30 p.m. "I've played the Lottery for a long time and have dreamed of this day, but I never thought it would actually come," said Leach. ![]() ![]() ![]() The $310.5 million jackpot is the second-largest ever won in the state. Leach's big win marks the third time a Michigan player has won the Powerball jackpot. 30 Powerball drawing: 21-39-40-55-59 and the Powerball, 17, to win the enormous jackpot. Julie Leach, 50, matched all of the winning numbers drawn in the Sept. Michigan – The dream of being a Lottery jackpot winner has come true for a Three Rivers woman who won a $310.5 million Powerball jackpot from the Michigan Lottery. ![]()
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