Fruit held key to man's lottery win

May 31, 2013, 2:00 pm (23 comments)

Rhode Island Lottery

Got winning numbers from the sticker on his orange

PROVIDENCE, R.I. — A Providence, Rhode Island, man's fate was decided by a piece of fruit Wednesday, when he resolved to play the lottery based on the numbers found on his orange's sticker.

Fittingly, Samuel Deleon Reyes of Providence was decked out in orange when he picked up the $10,000 he won playing Wednesday night's Daily Number.

Reyes wagered $1 at Sanchez Liquor on Manton Ave. on two four-digit straight tickets with the numbers 3-1-0-7 after seeing those digits on his orange. When the numbers hit, each ticket was worth $5,000.

Reyes didn't waste any time spending his winnings. According to Rhode Island Lottery, he's taking a trip to Puerto Rico.

Oddly enough, Reyes is not the only person who gambled based on an orange that day. Another winner raked in $2,604 with numbers from a fruit sticker.

Lottery officials said another big winner also came forward Thursday.

A Warwick man claimed the winning $10,000 PowberBall ticket from Saturday's drawing. The winning ticket matched four numbers and the Powerball.  Rhode Island Lottery said if the man played the Power Play option, his winnings would have increased to $40,000.

That winner is using the money to fund his Fourth of July vacation to Atlantic City.

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Comments

RedStang's avatarRedStang

LOL, funny pic & story.

LottoGuyBC's avatarLottoGuyBC

fruit for thought Banana

I'll buy that for a dollar Thumbs Up

Erzulieredeyes's avatarErzulieredeyes

Lucky Rhodey!

haymaker's avatarhaymaker

Yea, them 3107s are my fav oranges,

but I don't play 3&4 # games.

hearsetrax's avatarhearsetrax

Quote: Originally posted by LottoGuyBC on May 31, 2013

fruit for thought Banana

I'll buy that for a dollar Thumbs Up

Cheers

helpmewin's avatarhelpmewin

 i don't believe it, but it's a good story though Smash

Congrats on your wins Party

Ronnie316

Quote: Originally posted by helpmewin on May 31, 2013

 i don't believe it, but it's a good story though Smash

Congrats on your wins Party

All things are possible, to those who believe.

four4me

I play 1730 hardest number i ever played rarely ever comes out here boxed or straight. But when it
did i had 5.50 straight on it.

Artist77's avatarArtist77

I love it!  And orange is my fave color as well!

rdgrnr's avatarrdgrnr

That was a juicy number.

He really put the squeeze on it.

Sorry...

sully16's avatarsully16

Wow, he was paying attention at the right time, Congrats

sully16's avatarsully16

Quote: Originally posted by rdgrnr on Jun 1, 2013

That was a juicy number.

He really put the squeeze on it.

Sorry...

LOL, Heading to the market for some powerball numbers.

Jani Norman's avatarJani Norman

Quote: Originally posted by sully16 on Jun 1, 2013

LOL, Heading to the market for some powerball numbers.

I'm with you on that........A story like this puts a smile on your

Thumbs Up

face....Miracles still do happen

Ronnie316

Even a fruit likes to win the lottery every once in a while.

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