Man Finds $1 Million Lottery Ticket Two Months After Purchase

By Staff Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Man Finds $1 Million Lottery Ticket Two Months After Purchase

October 13, 2012 Updated Oct 13, 2012 at 11:50 AM PDT

Atlanta,GA- A Clayton County man who won $1 million in August didn’t realize he was rich until he found a forgotten Powerball ticket.

Ramon Rodriguez, of Rex, found the forgotten ticket tucked into the console of his truck and turned it in Wednesday.

He matched five of six numbers from the Aug. 8 Powerball drawing, winning a $1 million prize.

Rodriguez, 54, said “It’s been in my truck for two months.”

“I went to the computer and looked at the numbers,” Rodriguez said. “I said, ‘This can’t be right!’ I looked twice.”

Shaking, the lucky winner said he woke up his wife and daughter to share the good news.

The ticket was purchased at Texaco Gas Station, 5248 Bouldercrest Road in Ellenwood. The father of two adult children with his wife, Rosa, selected family birthdays as his numbers.

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