Indiana man takes home third major lottery win

Nov 22, 2013, 7:40 pm (17 comments)

Indiana Lottery

Claimed $1 million prize Thursday

FORT WAYNE, Ind. — Roger Douglas is, in a word, lucky.

The Fort Wayne, Indiana, man took his third trip to the Hoosier Lottery claims office Thursday, this time to turn in the grand-prize winning ticket for the Million Dollar Holiday Scratch-off.

Douglas has previously won two other major lottery prizes: In 2001, he won $250,000 on a Hoosier Lottery Polar Express Scratch-off, and in 2006, he won $25,000 on a holiday raffle game.

"The odds are so against winning in the first place, I never thought it would happen again," said Douglas. "I thought $250,000 win was once-in-a-lifetime. I feel well-blessed."

Douglas and his wife, who own their own business, say they plan on saving most of their winnings and have no plans to slow down at work.

The Douglases have seven adopted sons who now range in age from 17 to 27. With the exception of one son currently serving in Afghanistan, the couple said they plan to spend the holidays with their sons.

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Comments

Sherita's avatarSherita

Lucky Devil!

helpmewin's avatarhelpmewin

Douglas and his wife, who own their own business??

Would your business just happen to have Scratch-off Lottery Tickets Blue Thinking

Anyway Congratulations Mr Douglas & Wife Spend wiselyParty

mypiemaster's avatarmypiemaster

Roger that, Roger. Congrats ol' man.

billionaire2bee

Another old guy...gosh you seriously got to have one foot in to win anything significant LOL

rdgrnr's avatarrdgrnr

He adopted and gave 7 kids a loving home and family.

You can't stop good like that from coming back to you.

May God continue to Bless him and his wife and all his kids.

helpmewin's avatarhelpmewin

Quote: Originally posted by rdgrnr on Nov 23, 2013

He adopted and gave 7 kids a loving home and family.

You can't stop good like that from coming back to you.

May God continue to Bless him and his wife and all his kids.

I Agree!

RedStang's avatarRedStang

Well deserved.

Slick Nick's avatarSlick Nick

More power to him and his family. Enjoy!Party

Saylorgirl's avatarSaylorgirl

Congratulations to him and his family.  I wonder which store he is purchasing his tickets at I think I need a new venue.

xpious

SmashGroup HugDupe AlertHurray!BananaDancePartyThis guy has to be the luckeyest man in the world who wins 3 times ?

myeyes2020's avatarmyeyes2020

yes i agree. congratulations

LottoGuyBC's avatarLottoGuyBC

trifecta triple crown Cheers

Lynn-Lynn's avatarLynn-Lynn

I might need to rub Roger for some of his good luck. Lol congratulations to you and your family.

dallascowboyfan's avatardallascowboyfan

Congratulation Mr. Douglas Hurray!

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