Lottery winner warns wife not to wreck car before telling her about Missouri prize
.jpg "A Missouri man called his wife at work to reveal big lottery win.")
A Missouri woman was shocked to find out how much her husband won on a scratch-off lottery ticket.
“He called me at work and said, ‘I don’t want you to wreck your car, but I think I won $2 million,’” the woman said, according to a Jan. 11 news release from the Missouri Lottery Commission.
The man won the prize by playing the Super Cash Bonanza $20 scratch-off ticket. Lottery officials said he bought the ticket at a convenience store in Malden, about 180 miles south of St. Louis.
“I play that ticket all the time,” he said.
Thankfully, the woman was at her desk, the man said. Still, she was shocked.
“I just said, ‘Get out of here!’” she said.
Jennifer Rodriguez
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