Cape May couple claims share of Mega Millions jackpot

(AP) - New Jersey's newest Mega Millionswinner says the first thing he did with the winnings was buy a pairof pants. John and Sandra Belawsky picked up their shareof last Friday's $330 million jackpot

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Sep 7, 2007, 5:01 PM

Updated 6,464 days ago

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(AP) - New Jersey's newest Mega Millionswinner says the first thing he did with the winnings was buy a pairof pants. John and Sandra Belawsky picked up their shareof last Friday's $330 million jackpot at lottery headquarterstoday. The Belawskys will receive about $48.6 million before the 25percent federal withholding tax. The Cape May county residents are retired from banking. He's adisabled Vietnam veteran who receives military disability andSocial Security checks. They have six children, ranging in age from 21 to 32, fromprevious marriages. John Belawsky says he had to wait for his wife to wake up totell her they won. She says she thought her husband was fooling. They haven't decided what to do with the money. The other three winning tickets were sold in Maryland, Texas andVirginia.