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October 16, 2019 — claimed January 10, 2020
The winner who stayed a description: Five months before Miller's win, a second Fort Wayne Hoosier Lotto jackpot had been hit. One ticket matched all six numbers in the drawing of October 16, 2019, for a $5.2 million jackpot. The winner, as the Hoosier Lottery described him, was a born-and-raised Fort Wayne resident, a United States Air Force veteran and an International Harvester retiree, who had celebrated his birthday the day after the drawing without knowing he had already won; he and his wife discovered that the winning ticket had been sold at the same Meijer store — 5909 Illinois Road, Fort Wayne — where he had bought his. He took his time, in the Lottery's phrase getting everything in order, and claimed on January 10, 2020, not under his own name but as the trust named MuchLove2You – Dad. He chose the one-time lump sum of $2.3 million before taxes over the 30-year annuity. Indiana law makes winners public record; the trust claim is the form this winner's publicity took, and the Lottery's release names the trust and describes the man without naming him. The release is printed here as it stands.
Sources:
- Hoosier Lottery news release, "$5.2 million Hoosier Lotto jackpot claimed by Fort Wayne winner" (January 15, 2020) — the drawing date, the Meijer store, the trust name, and the $2.3 million cash option.