Man Wins $149M Mega Millions Jackpot
Wednesday November 24, 2004
Like most parking lot attendants, Juan Rodriguez knows how tantalizing and frustrating it can be to drive a luxury car, only to have to surrender it all too quickly for a pair of crumpled dollars. But now, after 20 years of anonymous toil for a legion of well-heeled motorists near the United Nations, the Colombian-born Ozone Park resident can sit in his own heated leather seat. Sunday, New York Lottery authorities declared him the winner of the largest jackpot ever won in the state, $149 million.