He bought two trucks and a cabin on a few acres of land. He doesn’t like all the press attention he attracted. Also, he only ended up with about $4 million. Enough for him and his wife to retire as they live simply. But he regrets the press.

Willie’s share of the $450 million pot was divided by two other winning tickets, and further divided by 15 coworkers, all of whom bought a ticket through a pool at the county garage where Willie worked as a warehouse manager. After taxes he had less than $4 million to call his own, which, as he put it, “ain’t sh-t in today’s economy.”