Cary man gets fired, wins lottery on same day
CARY – A Cary man won $175,000 from the Illinois Lottery the same day he was fired from his job.
Wladyslaw Krawiec was fired from his job as a carpenter in Chicago six days before Christmas. Upon receiving the news from his boss, Krawiec headed home and stopped at a gas station to check his Lucky Day Lotto ticket.
“We won! We won!” Krawiec screamed to his wife over the phone.
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