CA Lottery Winner Forgot To Check Winning Ticket, Wins $324M
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Last month's $648 million Mega Millions jackpot had two winning tickets - one purchased by a woman in Georgia and another mystery winner who reportedly purchased the ticket in San Jose, CA. 
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Until early Monday, however, no one knew who that second winner was, not even the man who owned the ticket: delivery man Steve Tran.
"I woke up in the middle of the night," lottery winner Steve Tran told lottery officials. "I remembered: I think I went to San Jose."
Tran purchased the ticket at a shop in San Jose during a family trip on December 17th and didn't check the ticket until Monday morning, when he found out he had won half of the jackpot - nearly $324 million.
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Upon discovering that he had the winning ticket in his posession, Tran called his work and left a message saying he had hit the jackpot and wouldn't be coming to work "today, tomorrow, or ever."
The Mega Millions jackpot from December 17 was the second-largest in U.S. history. Tran has reportedly not decided whether to take a lump sum payment or have it paid out to him over time.
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