The men worked at a construction company in Elizabeth and began a lottery pool in 2007.
Americo Lopes claimed the winning numbers for the Nov. 10, 2009 jackpot were on a personal ticket and not the ticket that he had bought for the pool. The eight-member jury disagreed.
Lopes walked out of court saying in Portuguese that he was robbed.
One of his co-workers told the newspaper he had to buy a present for his granddaughter, who was born yesterday.
The New York Post reports the men will each get about $4 million after taxes.
You can watch the Mega Millions drawing Tuesdays and Fridays on Channel 7, right before Eyewitness News at 11.
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