Man sleeps through alarm and misses work, then he hits big on lottery ticket
An Ohio man’s day took a big turn when he won a huge lottery prize.
The man from East Rochester slept through his alarm and missed work, according to a July 16 news release from the Ohio Lottery.
The man went to buy an energy drink and picked up a $30 lottery ticket in Minerva. He won $500 and decided to buy a couple more tickets, the lottery said.
He bought a Monopoly 200X ticket and realized he won a huge prize.
“I reversed my truck in the drive thru and asked the clerk to check my ticket. I told him, ‘I think you just changed my life,’” he told lottery officials.
The man’s heart was racing as the cashier confirmed he won $50,000.
Earlier this year the man won $20,000 on a scratch-off after his truck slid off the road near a gas station, according to the lottery.
The man used that prize to buy a new truck and said he plans to use his newest prize to pay the truck off, lottery officials said.
After taxes he’ll take home $36,0000.
Minerva is about an 80-mile drive southeast from Cleveland.
This story was originally published July 20, 2025 at 2:18 PM with the headline "Man sleeps through alarm and misses work, then he hits big on lottery ticket."
