I won $10million lottery jackpot after letting the store clerk pick my ticket - it felt like 'God's

Publish date: 2024-05-08

A MAN has won the lottery after letting the store clerk choose his ticket.

Brent Young wasn't sure what scratch-off he wanted to buy in Visalia, California, so he asked the clerk to pick for him.

"I was like, 'Just pick whichever one,' I didn't care," Young said to NBC affiliate KNBC.

The clerk gave him a California 200X ticket, which he scratched off immediately after paying.

To Young's surprise, the ticket was worth $10million.

"When I saw all those zeros, I was like, 'No way, this doesn't happen to people like me,'" Young said.

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"It's crazy. Out of all those options, the clerk could have picked a different game. But he didn't. He grabbed a winner."

Adding to the divine intervention from the day, Young initially intended to go to a different gas station but it was closed.

"It's almost like God's intervention. I didn't have a specific ticket I was going to buy, so I let someone else decide," he said.

"I had no choice but to go to Prince's. My usual stop was closed. If it had been open, none of this probably would have happened."

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Young opted to take the lump sum payment of $5.8million.

Prince Food & Liquor will get a $50,000 paycheck for selling the winning ticket.

Lottery players who pick numbers instead of scratch-offs should take this win as a reminder to check their tickets.

There are still big prizes going unclaimed across the country.

A ticket worth $1.9million remains unclaimed in Louisiana after their most recent drawing.

Anyone with a winning ticket should head to the Louisiana Lottery headquarters to claim it.

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