A man from Edmonds, Washington, bought a winning lottery ticket after stopping for gas.
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A man from Edmonds, Washington, stopped for gas and spent $2 on a lottery game.
He then had to do a “double take” when he realized he won $10,000.
Before his win, the man, whose full name was not provided, was working at a job site in Everett, Washington’s Lottery said in a May 8 news release.
He stopped at the Casino Tesoro gas station on his way home and filled up his tank, lottery officials said. He also bought a Match 4 game.
But he didn’t check his ticket until the next day.
He scanned the ticket on the lottery app and saw $10,000 flash on his phone’s screen, the lottery agency said.
Once he saw this, he called his wife to tell her the news.
Now he has plans to buy a new home for his wife and sons. He also wants to put some of the money into savings.
To play Match 4, a person has to select four numbers between 1 and 24 or choose the Quick Pick option to select them randomly.
If a player matches the four white balls, they win $10,000.
A person has a 1 in 10,600 chance of winning the top prize.
Edmonds is about a 20-mile drive north of Seattle.