Excited lottery player can’t keep big win to himself as he runs errands in WA
A lottery player was so excited about his big win in Washington that he couldn’t keep the news to himself.
The man bought two Lucky Stars scratch-off tickets at a Fred Meyer grocery store in Bremerton, Washington’s Lottery said in a June 18 news release.
He then got on a bus and scratched the $5 tickets, lottery officials said.
His first ticket didn’t win anything, but his second ended up being worth $50,000, lottery officials said.
The man got off the bus, and that’s when “the shock set in,” lottery officials said.
He checked the ticket several times and confirmed his win by scanning the ticket with his lottery app.
The lucky lottery player was so excited that he went into a coffee shop and told the owner. He also stopped at his optometrist’s office to get his glasses and shared the good news.
After his errands were done, he went to the lottery office to claim his big prize.
He then returned to Fred Meyer to share the news with the workers there, the lottery office said.
He plans to use the prize money to buy a mobile home and put the rest into savings.
Bremerton is a ferry ride southwest from Seattle.
This story was originally published June 19, 2025 at 9:08 AM with the headline "Excited lottery player can’t keep big win to himself as he runs errands in WA."
