One suburban Chicago man could legitimately be the luckiest person in the world after the birth of a new grandson and a $3 million Illinois Lottery win off an instant scratch-off ticket.
“I’m no stranger to buying tickets; just ask my wife,” the man joked, “But I’ve definitely never won a prize like this before.”
Correction: few people on the planet have experienced that sort of windfall.
The winner, who wanted to remain anonymous, recently won the top prize of $3 million on a 200X Payout Instant Ticket purchased at a 7-Eleven in Mount Prospect. The winner has been a regular customer for many years.
“The owner, his wife, and his son are very nice people,” said the winner. “The owner said to his wife recently, ‘That guy is going to win someday! He always comes in, sits in his truck, and scratches his tickets – and he’s always so happy. He’s definitely going to win.'”
The player is thrilled that they were right! “He was actually the first person I told,” shared the winner. “After scratching the ticket in my truck, I ran back into the store and gave the owner a big hug. He scanned the ticket, and you should have seen the shocked look on his face!”
The second person he told was his wife.
“When I got home, I left the winning ticket on the kitchen table for my wife to find. She said, ‘Are you messing with me? Is this real?’ For years, she’s joked with me – ‘Can’t you just win the lottery already?’ Well, we did! And just in time for retirement.”
When asked how winning the lottery would change his life, the man said, “We’ve been planning our retirement for a while now, and winning the lottery helps us to be more comfortable with the decision. We’re already planning to move near our daughter and son-in-law so that we can be closer to our new grandson.”
The winner added, “It will be nice to enjoy the win and bask in it a little. My wife is big on traveling, so we were talking about taking a trip to Hawaii. It sounds like the perfect getaway to relax.”
This is also a big win for the 7-Eleven in Mount Prospect, as it will receive a selling bonus of one percent of the prize amount, or $30,000.
Over four million winning Illinois Lottery Instant Tickets have been sold this year, netting players over $105 million in prizes.
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