Missouri man unknowingly holds onto Powerball lottery ticket worth $1 million for three months

Comment #7

winterhug — Tue, 20 Jun 2023 13:09:35 GMT

Yes, I also thinks he buys gobs of tickets each week and puts them in a drawer somewhere. Then at the 3 month mark he check all the tickets when his alarm reminds him. All to often people do buy gobs of tickets each week and sometimes forget to check them and a winning ticket will expire.

Comment #6

Todd — Tue, 20 Jun 2023 12:43:27 GMT

Yeah I remember that story too:

https://www.lotterypost.com/news/272928

Comment #5

winterhug — Tue, 20 Jun 2023 10:36:33 GMT

No, like someone else said, I think he buys a lot of tickets each week, let them accumulate each month until his alarm goes off. I have read countless stories where people buy tons of tickets each week and keep them in the a certain place and then check them all at one time. I remember one story about a 19 year old guy's mom came into his room one day. She asked him to clean up is room, as he was cleaning his room he found a stack of lottery tickets he had thrown in a corner. He checked the tick... [ More ]

Comment #4

dickblow — Tue, 20 Jun 2023 03:30:43 GMT

lucky guy

Comment #3

Artist77 — Tue, 20 Jun 2023 00:32:37 GMT

Maybe he travels a lot for work. He had a system and it worked. I think someone buying a ton of tickets would check them every day or so. I bet he is an occasional player.

Comment #2

sully16 — Tue, 20 Jun 2023 00:01:44 GMT

His system worked, congrats and enjoy.

Comment #1

db101 — Mon, 19 Jun 2023 22:04:38 GMT

Every three months LOL. He buys gobs of tickets every week I bet.

Missouri man unknowingly holds onto Powerball lottery ticket worth $1 million for three months

Lottery Post — Mon, 19 Jun 2023 19:26:53 GMT

Lottery winner stays true to three-month alarm ritual

By Kate Northrop

A Missouri man didn't know he was holding onto a winning Powerball lottery ticket worth $1 million for three months.

Thanks to a ticket-checking ritual that required an alarm, three months went by before an anonymous lottery winner from Missouri found out he was sitting on a $1 million winning Powerball ticket.

A Missouri resident entered the Powerball drawing that took place on Jan. 2, 2023, having bought hi... [ More ]