Lottery player wins two $100 prizes — then ‘unusually lucky win streak’ gets bigger
A lottery player noticed a hefty prize on one Arkansas scratch-off game, so he bought himself a ticket. He won $100.
“Here’s what was weird about the whole deal,” the Missouri man told Arkansas lottery officials. The next day, Stephen Hawkins bought another ticket and won another $100.
Testing his “unusually lucky win streak” for a third time, Hawkins purchased yet another ticket thinking he wouldn’t win, the lottery said in a June 24 news release.
He was wrong — and it was his biggest prize yet. The Goodman, Missouri, player won the top prize of $300,000, officials said.
Shocked by the third and largest win, he called his wife.
“I don’t want you to freak out,” he told his wife over the phone. The two then made the trip to Little Rock to claim their prize on June 21.
The couple plans to use the prize to retire and pay bills, according to officials.
Goodman is about a 250-mile drive northwest of Little Rock.
This story was originally published June 26, 2024 at 11:56 AM with the headline "Lottery player wins two $100 prizes — then ‘unusually lucky win streak’ gets bigger."
