By AMBER SUTHERLAND and DAN MANGANForget filet mignon -- Madison Square Garden laborer Jimmy Groves said "I'm going to go buy a hamburger" after collecting his $168 million Mega Millions lottery prize yesterday.
"I still have to pay my rent, lights and gas," Groves, 49, said at a Garden press conference.
Decked out in a cream-colored fedora, cream-colored shirt and brown pants, he said
"I'm just a regular guy like everybody else. I got lucky."
Groves grinned broadly when presented with the oversized check bearing the amount $168 million -- his half of the $336 million Mega Millions jackpot from the Aug. 28 drawing.
"It changed my life in 168 ways," said Groves. "It's a gift from God, no doubt. I can't think of 168 million reasons why this is a good time to retire."
Groves -- whose identity as the winner first was reported by The Post last week -- bought the lucky ticket at the Fordham Grocery and Convenience Store in The Bronx.
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