Brent Young said he was having trouble picking which game to play when he asked a clerk to help him choose at Prince Food & Gas.
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"I was like, just pick whichever one. I didn't care," said Young.
The clerk picked out a ticket for the California 200X game and Young bought it.
When Young started scratching the ticket, he looked down to see $10,000,000 in bold numbers, uncovering the top prize for the game.
Young says he usually buys lottery tickets at another gas station but it was closed that day.
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"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," Young explained.
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He decided to take a lump sum prize of $5.8 million, in order to pay less in federal taxes.
The owner of Prince Food & Liquor also collected a $50,000 bonus for selling the winning ticket.