Teen buys first-ever lottery ticket minutes after turning 18 and hits birthday jackpot

One midnight scratch-off gave him a wild welcome to adulthood

LEWIS CENTER, OH – Austin had barely turned 18 when a just-after-midnight gas station run turned into a birthday he won’t forget, with the Lewis Center teen buying the first lottery ticket of his life and scratching his way to a $10,000 prize.

Austin turned 18 on Aug. 6 and...