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- An Ohio man won a $500,000 top lottery prize after buying a ticket on the way home from taking his wife to medical appointments
- When he told her the good news, she initially didn’t believe him until he confirmed the win the lottery app
- He is now planning to use some of the winnings to pay for his wife’s bills during her cancer treatment
Drudging through medical appointments turned into a “dream” for one Buckeye State couple, lottery officials said last week.
A Carrollton, Ohio, man, who has not been publicly named, finished taking his wife for a series of appointments as part of her cancer treatment and decided to stop by a convenience store on the way home, the state’s lottery said in a statement on Wednesday, Aug. 27.
The husband picked up a couple of $5 scratch-off tickets and found one last Best of 7’s scratch-off in a bin, the officials said.
When he got home, he was amazed to find the ticket was a top prize winner, worth $500,000. He’ll take home about $360,000.
“I still can’t believe it,” the man said in the lottery’s statement. “I still think it’s a dream!”
He rushed to share the good news with his wife, who initially didn’t believe him.
“She looked at me funny and said, ‘Did you fall?’ I said, ‘No I’m in shock! I think I won half a million dollars!’ ” he said.
The woman was finally convinced after her husband scanned the ticket on the Ohio Lottery app and proved it to her.
The man said his particular ticket selection strategy had paid off: “I like the end of the roll, I’ll buy in the middle too, but always liked the end of the roll best.”
The winning ticket was sold at Bellstore #146 in Malvern.
The man told lottery officials that his prize is a blessing, noting their family has been facing rising medical bills amid his wife’s cancer, which can now be paid for with some of the money.
When she recovers, he’s hoping to plan something they’ll enjoy together.
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