Convenience store mix up leads to six figure lottery payout

Clerk mistake turns into 15$8 jackpot win for Ohio lottery player

Painesville, OH — A routine lottery stop at a neighborhood convenience store turned into a six-figure surprise after a clerk’s ticket mix-up led a Lake County man to claim a $158,585 jackpot.

The man visited Chestnut Food Mart on Chestnut Street on March 14 intending to purchase five $1 EZPLAY Quick Spot tickets and one $5 ticket. Instead, the clerk mistakenly handed him a single $10 Quick Spot ticket. He chose to keep it, placing it in his pocket without checking it immediately.

Later that evening while out to dinner, he played the ticket and discovered all ten numbers matched. At first, neither he nor his wife believed the result, even after the ticket displayed a winning message.

Because the ticket was a $10 Quick Spot, the win qualified for 100 percent of the progressive jackpot, totaling $158,585. Ohio Lottery officials noted that had he received the intended tickets, the payout would have been limited to a smaller percentage ...