A single dad who popped into his local store to get a salad and spontaneously bought a lottery ticket has won nearly $1m (approximately £788,500).
Brant Edgington went to the Baker’s grocery store in Fremont, Nebraska, for a spot of lunch when he took a chance and decided to play the Mega Millions.
He had no idea that he would walk away with the jackpot, as reported by What’s The Jam.
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While his dad and granddad frequently like to play the Mega Millions and Powerball, Brant himself usually only gets a ticket if “the jackpot gets high”, adding that he “wasn’t expecting to buy a ticket at all”.
He said: “I don’t play all that often.
“As a single parent, bologna is more important, financially.”
By a twist of fate, there was also another person in the queue at the time who was cashing in scratch tickets.
Brant asked a shop worker to check his ticket and the team was stunned by the result.
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He said: “They disappeared for a minute.
“Then a different lady came up with her and they just stared at me.
“She told me, ‘Don’t pass out when I tell you this.’”
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Brant claimed the prize on 5 April – it was part of the 22 March draw for Mega Millions, according to the Nebraska Lottery.
The odds of winning $1m is around 1 in 12.6m
His lucky numbers were 03, 08, 31, 35, 44, though it did not include the Mega Ball, 16.
