WOOSTER, Ohio — Winner! Winner! Winner!
The Ohio Lottery says one lucky man from Wooster recently hit $40,000 a year for 25 years -- a prize worth $1 million total -- in the 50th Anniversary scratch-off game.
The winner -- only identified as Tim -- opted for the cash prize of $500,000. After mandatory state and federal tax totaling 28 percent, he will take home $360,000.
He bought the winning ticket at the BellStore at 1046 North Apple Creek Road in Wooster.
"I scratched off the prize thinking I'd win $100, and I would've been cool with that,” Tim said. “When I saw the prize I think I about fainted! Then I hollered out I won $1 million!"
Tim initially purchased a $20 Lady Luck 100X because he only had $30 at the time. After winning $50, he used that money to buy his big winner from the 50th Anniversary game.
His plans for the money? The Ohio Lottery says Tim is “eyeing up a Harley Davidson and some other toys.”
50th Anniversary is a $50 scratch-off ticket, which features a top prize of $600,000 a year for 25 years. As of Feb. 22, there are three top prizes left in the game.
Here’s a list of all the prizes still up for grabs in the 50th Anniversary game as listed by the Ohio Lottery:
- $15 million in the form of $600,000 a year for 25 years: 3 prizes remaining
- $1 million in the form of $40,000 a year for 25 years: 9 prizes remaining
- $50,000: 35 prizes remaining
- $10,000: 918 prizes remaining
- $5,000: 1,857 prizes remaining
- $1,000: 15,882 prizes remaining
- $500: 60,338 prizes remaining
- $250: 410,827 prizes remaining
- $100: 1,877,330 prizes remaining
The Ohio Lottery says the odds of winning something with a 50th Anniversary scratch-off ticket is 1 in 3.97.
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