Man thought partner’s ‘flustered’ call was for car troubles — but they won the lottery
When an Idaho man got a phone call from his partner, he thought she was calling about her check engine light.
He didn’t believe Alisa Waybright-Gladu when she said she had won $77,380 from a lottery ticket she got for free after buying a Weekly Grand ticket, the Idaho Lottery said Wednesday, Jan. 25.
“We’ve been having a lot of issues with it lately, so I assumed she was trying to ‘cheer me up’ by making me think we won the lottery,” he told the lottery agency.
But Waybright-Gladu wasn’t joking.
“You better believe it!” she said.
When she realized she had a winning ticket, Waybright-Gladu, who works as a nurse for a surgery center, rushed to Fast Eddy’s in Meridian to scan the ticket.
The screen lit up with her win and she called her partner.
“You’ll never guess what just happened to us!” she said.
The two said they don’t have plans yet on how they will spend the money because they are still in shock about the win, lottery officials said.
But in the meantime, they will put the money into savings.
The couple has two children, ages 7 and 9.
Meridian is about 10 miles west of Boise.
This story was originally published January 26, 2023 at 12:42 PM with the headline "Man thought partner’s ‘flustered’ call was for car troubles — but they won the lottery."
