A Missouri man unexpectedly found a forgotten $10 bill in his pocket and used it to buy a scratch-off lottery ticket that earned him $100,000.
The St. Louis County man told Missouri Lottery officials he stopped at the QuikTrip store on Hampton Avenue in St. Louis and discovered there was a forgotten $10 bill in his pocket.
"I used $5 of it to buy gas, and then I used the other $5 to buy a Scratchers ticket," the player recalled.
He selected a Heaps of Cash scratch-off ticket.
"I've actually been playing that ticket for a week or so, and I didn't win anything," the player said. "And I thought I'd try it one more time."
The man's persistence paid off when he scratched off a $100,000 top prize.
"I got in the car and I called my wife and she didn't believe me," the winner said. "It wasn't until I got home and showed her that she believed me."
