BALTIMORE — Two public-school teachers and a school administrator who call themselves “The Three Amigos” are sharing part of last month’s record Mega Millions jackpot, planning for trips to Europe, new homes and their children’s college funds, Maryland Lottery officials said Tuesday.
The Maryland winners claimed their proceeds Monday and chose to remain anonymous, but the lottery agency shared some details in a news conference. They said each works multiple jobs to make ends meet. They bought 60 tickets in three locations as a pool. Each will receive a lump-sum payment of $35 million after taxes.
“If it can’t be you, these people are precisely the people you would want to see win,” Maryland Lottery director Stephen Martino said.
The winning Maryland ticket is one of three nationally that split the $656 million jackpot, the biggest in Mega Millions history. The other winners in the March 30 drawing were picked in Kansas and Illinois. Kansas’ winner claimed a share of the jackpot Friday and decided to remain anonymous.
Nobody has come forward in Illinois, where winners have one year to claim a jackpot and must make some details about themselves public, though not necessarily a name.
One Maryland winner is a special-education teacher, one is an elementary school teacher and the third is a school administrator. All three said they plan to continue to work, noting that they were committed to their students.
“One said, ‘I can’t give up on my kids,’ ” Martino said.
