The winning grand prize number has been verified for the Shop St. Joseph program. Stanley Randall, a retired Mead employee, got the lucky ticket at Apple Market on Mitchell Avenue.

“I go there about every day or two,” said Mr. Randall, who lives nearby. “I never thought I’d win. I didn’t think I could win if I had all the tickets.”

When asked what he’d do with his winnings, he said he buy his kids and grandkids some extra presents.

“I’ll spend $10 on each one of them, that’d make ‘em mad, wouldn’t it?,” he joked.

Mr. Randall worked at Mead from 1967 to 2002 when he became disabled and retired.

Mr. Randall will have his check presented at 1 p.m. at Apple Market, 2300 Mitchell Ave.

The St. Joseph Chamber of Commerce wishes Mr. Randall well and would like to thank all of the participating merchants, as well as the thousands of people who participated in Shop St. Joseph this year. About 600,000 tickets were distributed, which was about 100,000 more than last year.

“We are pleased that Shop St. Joseph went so well this year, with so many more tickets being distributed,” said Natalie Redmond, Vice President of Membership for the St. Joseph Chamber of Commerce. “Those tickets help show the dollars being spent in the St. Joseph economy this retail shopping season.”

The second-chance prize numbers will be released as soon as possible following the 1 p.m. press conference.