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Glen Ellyn man cleans desk, finds $1 million winning lottery ticket

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Ron Yurcus, a retired hospice chaplain and 45-year resident of Glen Ellyn, discovered a winning Powerball ticket from an Aug. 22 drawing a few weeks ago.

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A Glen Ellyn man received $1 million in lottery winnings Wednesday after noticing he won on a ticket that had been sitting on his desk for two months. Ron Yurcus, a retired hospice chaplain, discovered the Powerball ticket a few weeks ago. “About 12 tickets had accumulated on my desk, and I decided to tidy up to make room for my new computer,” he said. “I checked the winning numbers on the Illinois Lottery website and just about screamed when I saw that I won.”

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