Daaaaaaamn. There's going to be one hell of a party in San Jose... In Northern California, nearly two weeks after the winning numbers were announced, the co-winner of the second-largest jackpot in U.S. history has come forward. Why the delay? I'd be booking it to claim my prize. He apparently didn't realize he had won!Mega Millions: Late discovery leads to delivery driver claiming $324 million lottery prize
There's been a lot of suspense around the $324 million winning ticket, purchased at a gift shop in East San Jose. On Thursday, three days after he realized he had the ticket, delivery driver Steve Tran stepped forward to claim his half of the jackpot. That's a $173.8 million, before taxes.
Tran apparently had a pile of unchecked lottery tickets that he had forgotten about. He even watched the news and wondered along with everyone about who the hell the lucky winner was. The realization that he might have won hit him like a bolt of lightning in the middle of the night:
