Lottery player finds 5-month-old ticket days before it expires. It’s a huge winner
An Ohio man going through a stack of old lottery tickets found a million-dollar winner, lottery officials said.
The Medina man said his Mega Millions ticket, purchased on Oct. 10, 2023, was just 26 days away from expiring, according to a March 13 news release from the Ohio Lottery.
The winner told lottery officials he was going through old tickets, checking each one before throwing them away, when he discovered his 5-month-old ticket was a big winner, lottery officials said.
“I couldn’t believe it, just one of those things you don’t think is real,” the man said.
“My wife was working so the only one I could tell was the dog,” he told lottery officials.
The man’s payout will be $720,000 after taxes.
The winning ticket was purchases at North Court Beverage in Medina, lottery officials said.
Medina is about a 25-mile drive northwest from Akron.
This story was originally published March 15, 2024 at 1:20 PM with the headline "Lottery player finds 5-month-old ticket days before it expires. It’s a huge winner."
