Trucker with winning philosophy scores lifetime lottery jackpot in Oregon. ‘I hit it’
CORRECTION:
The name of an Oregon lottery winner was misspelled in an earlier version of this story.
The corrected story is below.
A truck driver for a concrete company has been playing an Oregon lottery game for 22 years with a winning mindset.
Robin Riedel always thought “it’s not a matter of if, but when” he’d win the lottery, Oregon Lottery officials said in a May 11 news release. Then he scored the jackpot prize of the Win for Life game.
His big win includes $1,000 every week for the rest of his life — or $52,000 every year.
Riedel bought the ticket from a Woodburn liquor store Sunday, May 7.
He checked his ticket the next day and realized he matched all four numbers, scoring him the jackpot prize.
“I hit it,” Riedel told the lottery agency. “I hit it.”
Now he has plans to retire a few years early.
He also told lottery officials he wants to make some home improvements and take his wife, Debi, on a vacation to Saint Lucia, a Caribbean island, for their wedding anniversary.
Woodburn is about 30 miles south of Portland.
This story was originally published May 11, 2023 at 2:00 PM with the headline "Trucker with winning philosophy scores lifetime lottery jackpot in Oregon. ‘I hit it’."
