A retired Pennsylvania judge came back from a fishing vacation in the Florida Keys with a tan and a $291.4 million Powerball ticket. 
 
 Now that he's a multimillionaire, James Stocklas said he's resisting the urge to tell his ex-wife that "the grass isn't greener anymore." 
 
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 "But I wouldn't do that," the 67-year-old divorced man joked to the Daily News, battling a hangover the day after drinking three bottles of champagne in celebration of his winnings. 
 
 A quick pit stop for some ice and lottery tickets while driving home from vacation made a judge and his two friends $291.4 million richer. (ABC GMA) 
 
 Stocklas, from Bethlehem, Pa., was on his way back home on Monday in his RV from a monthlong fishing vacation in Florida with his brother and sister-in-law, when he stopped at a local Marathon gas station to buy ice and some lottery tickets. 
 
 The judge had a long tradition of pooling weekly lottery ticket purchases with two of his friends, Barry Bartikovits and a woman who only wanted to be referred to as Anna. 
 
 It wasn’t until Stocklas was back home on Friday and eating at his favorite local diner where his friend, Anna, also was, that he pulled out his phone and saw the winning numbers matched the ones on his ticket. 
 
 “I said, ‘Shit we’re rich!’" Stocklas said. "Then it was chaos in the restaurant. I looked at her (Anna) and we were jumping up and down,�? before he picked up the bill for everyone’s breakfast. 
 
 “I said ‘everyone in the restaurant right now, breakfast is on me!�? 
 
 Then the retired judge asked his friend, who owns a private jet business, to fly him back down to Florida in one day to verify his ticket, a trip that cost him $20,000. 
 
 James Stocklas, a longtime judge in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, and some friends were driving back north Wednesday after fishing in the Florida Keys while on vacation. (ABC GMA) 
 
 Stocklas went home with a total of $40 million after splitting the winnings three ways and accounting for taxes. 
 
 “It’s been really a whirlwind, a rollercoaster of emotion," he said. 
 
 Stocklas said he’ll use the winnings to pay off his mortgage and to do “certain things that will make life a little easier�? and that he’ll still work occasionally as a senior judge filling in on cases. 
 
 He also said he’ll be taking care of his two grown children and his brother, who only came away with $7 in powerball winnings from a ticket he bought at the same time. 
 
 “We’ve been laughing a lot about it, he doesn’t need to worry about nothing. Family’s family. He's not going to worry about anything." ||||| Story highlights A Pennsylvania judge on vacation in Florida wins the Powerball jackpot of $291 million, while his brother wins $7 
 
 Judge finds out at a breakfast spot and proceeds to buy breakfast for the entire restaurant 
 
 (CNN) Remember when your parents used to tell you to be nice to your siblings? Maybe it was because one day you both would grow up and win the lottery, except one of you would win the jackpot and the other would win $7. 
 
 As improbable as that sounds, it happened to a Pennsylvania judge who just wrapped up a monthlong fishing vacation in the Florida Keys, the Florida Lottery said. 
 
 Earlier this week, the judge, James Stocklas, and his brother, Bob, bought lottery tickets on the way home from the beach. James Stocklas, 67, won the $291 million Powerball and his brother won $7. 
 
 After Wednesday's drawing, the judge had returned to work, and was sitting at the restaurant where he eats breakfast every day. He happened to check the numbers on his phone and realized he'd won. To celebrate, he bought breakfast for everyone in the restaurant, and called his family to say, "We are going back to Florida!" 
 
 The Florida lottery noted the double winners by printing Bob Stocklas a full-size winner's check. 
 
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– Two Pennsylvania brothers each recently bought winning Powerball tickets while on vacation in Florida. Bob Stocklas won $7. Brother James Stocklas did a bit better, winning $291 million, CNN reports. To mark the occasion, the Florida Lottery printed up two giant novelty checks, one for Bob's paltry payout and one for James' jackpot. After taxes and splitting the pot with two friends he'd bought lottery tickets with for years, James (who opted for the lump-sum payout of $191 million) took home $40 million. The 67-year-old tells the New York Daily News that he's resisting the temptation to tell his ex-wife "the grass isn't greener anymore." The Stocklas brothers were driving home last week after a monthlong fishing trip when they stopped at a gas station for ice and lottery tickets. On Friday, James, a retired judge, was eating breakfast at a diner and checked the numbers. Upon discovering his win, James announced, "We're rich!" and bought breakfast for everyone. He tells the Daily News that he plans on paying off his mortgage, among other things to "make life a little easier"—but he'll still fill in occasionally as a senior judge. What about Bob? "Family's family," James says. "He's not going to worry about anything."