Couple check lottery ticket while driving — then pull over when they see huge prize
An Arkansas couple who learned they’d won the lottery while driving stopped in a parking lot to celebrate, lottery officials said.
A wife bought a Quick Pick lottery ticket as part of her “usual lottery-playing routine,” according to a Sept. 4 news release from the Arkansas Scholarship Lottery.
While she and her husband were driving, she checked her Quick Pick numbers online, lottery officials said.
“I looked at it about five times – I just couldn’t believe it,” the Beebe resident told officials.
The couple won $480,000 in the Aug. 28 Natural State Jackpot drawing, officials said.
The couple pulled into a parking lot to celebrate their jackpot win, according to the release.
The winning numbers were 5, 9, 11, 16, and 20. The ticket was purchased at Circle K in Beebe, according to lottery officials. The couple said they plan to use their prize money to pay bills, complete home improvement projects, and travel.
Beebe is about a 40-mile drive northeast from Little Rock.
This story was originally published September 4, 2024 at 5:16 PM with the headline "Couple check lottery ticket while driving — then pull over when they see huge prize."
