Man Finds A $US1 Million Cleaning His Desk

While sorting the many letters and pieces of paper that had formed several rather impressive piles on and around his desk, Yurcus stumbled upon a lottery ticket that, judging from the date, had been laying on his desk for two solid months.

Retired Chaplain Ron Yurcus and his wife Kathleen proudly present their winnings. Photo Credit: Illinois Lottery

Turns out the ticket was good for $US1 million prize, a nice little retirement fund for Ron Yurcus and his wife.

“I decided to finally clean up the mess at me desk when I wanted to setup a new computer system,” the former Chaplain tells the Illinois lottery.

“In total, I found 12 tickets between my many piles of paper. Before throwing them away I decided to look at the lottery site just to be sure,” Yurcus says.

“When I realized I won a million dollars I began to scream from joy!”

Ron and his wife Kathleen want to invest a portion of the money. A portion will go to the family that extends into 3 grand-children and 4 great-grand-children. Yet another part of the winnings will go to several good causes.

“It pays to be messy, as long as you clean up afterwards,” says Yurcus smiling ear to ear.