On September 17, the retailer at a GoLo gas station made a mistake, accidentally printing a ticket with 10 lines for a single draw, Sopejstal told the Lottery. Sopejstal told the retailer he still wanted it.
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"I checked my ticket one morning and saw that I had won $25,000 a year for life," he told Lottery officials. "I immediately started thinking about all the things I could do with the money and whether I wanted to take the lump sum or annuity option. It was an amazing feeling!"
The 60-year-old visited Lottery headquarters recently to claim his prize, according to the Lottery. He chose the one-time lump sum payment of $390,000, instead of $25,000 a year for 20 years or life, whichever is greater, the Lottery said.
Sopejstal told the Lottery he plans to use his prize money to travel and save the rest.
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Lucky for Life is played in about two dozen states as well as in Washington, D.C. Prizes range from $3 to a top prize of $1,000 a day for life.
The overall odds of winning for each game are posted on the game's website. Sopejstal's odds of winning five white balls on September 17 were 1 in more than 1.8 million.
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