Retiree hands wife $10 and $15 winning lottery tickets before the big winner. ‘Be calm’
An Arkansas lottery winner said his first thought after seeing his huge prize was figuring out how to tell his wife.
Micheal R. of Sherwood bought three $10 Ultimate Riches tickets and was at home when he realized one of them was a six-figure winner, according to an Oct. 24 news release from the Arkansas Scholarship Lottery.
“Be calm,” he told his wife, handing her the other two tickets that revealed $10 and $15 prizes.
After being handed the third ticket — a $200,000 winner — she was so shocked, she dropped it, Micheal told lottery officials.
“I knew we were going to hit one time,” she said.
The retired railroad worker said he and his wife plan to pay bills with the prize money and use some to help others, according to the release.
“We have been blessed, so we will bless somebody else,” the Sherwood man told lottery officials.
Micheal purchased his winning Ultimate Riches ticket at Kiehl Super Stop in Sherwood, lottery officials said.
Two top $200,000 Ultimate Riches prizes remain, according to officials.
Sherwood is about a 10-mile drive northeast from Little Rock.
This story was originally published October 25, 2024 at 5:10 PM with the headline "Retiree hands wife $10 and $15 winning lottery tickets before the big winner. ‘Be calm’."
