ARNOLD, Mo. – A Missouri man is $3 million richer—all because he forgot his lunch.
The man had left the house for the day when he received a phone call from his wife, who called to say he’d forgotten his lunch at home.
Not wanting to turn around, the man stopped at the Arnold Schnucks on Vogel Road to grab something for lunch. While at the store, he decided to buy a Millionaire Bucks scratchers ticket.
“I normally don’t play the $30 tickets, but since I had $60 that I had won earlier on some other scratchers tickets, I thought, ‘Why not?’” the winner said.
The man scanned his scratchers ticket and the screen on the machine said, “Lottery Winner.”
“I was completely surprised! I didn’t think I had won!” he said. “Then I saw all the zeros!”
The player called his wife to share the surprising news, but she didn’t believe him at first.
“I like to play jokes,” he said. “It took a little convincing for her to believe me!”
Millionaire Bucks is a $30 scratchers game that offers more than $100 million in prizes, with a top prize of $3 million. There is a 1 in 2.66 chance of winning a prize when playing the Millionaire Bucks scratchers ticket. There are two $3 million top prizes remaining in the game.
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