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\"\"Five years ago, an Evergreen High School custodian was in the middle of bankruptcy when he won the Washington State Lottery\u2019s Quinto game — 3.4 million dollars.<\/p>\n

But he still lives in a tiny house in Seattle with his wife and in-laws, and drives to work in the same car.<\/p>\n

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