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He may have won a $279-million lottery jackpot but his ex-wife still thinks he’s a loser.

And Eileen Murray won’t take him back.

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Murray told the New York Post that during her 15-year marriage to Mega Millions winner Mike Weirsky, he was unemployed. And she’s been paying him support.

“He’s not appealing to me all of a sudden because he has this money,” Murray, 53, told the Post.

While she worked as a cost analyst for a utility company, her 54-year-old husband sat around.

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And unlike a lot of former spouses, she has no plans to get her slice of the $162.5-million lump sum Weirsky will be collecting.

“I’m not going after anything. I have morals. I know what I’ve worked for and it’s everything that I have,” Murray said, adding she doubts her ex will do “the right thing.”

“Think about it. How long did I work? How long did I support him? I had to give him a lot of money in the divorce.

“You tell me what’s the moral thing to do.”

At a press conference, Weirsky said he heard from his ex-wife. Not so, Murray said.

She thinks the jackpot winner will help out his family and give money to animal charities.

“He’ll think I’m there with my hand out and I have no intention to do that,” she said.

“I truly wish him well … though I know he doesn’t believe that,” she added. “I want him to surround himself with good people. I don’t think anybody should be taken advantage of.”