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33 minutes ago #1 540c411ec9dd9c55c2160779a7be2a08 https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/articles/grandfather-tried-buy-lottery-ticket-165638875.html An Illinois grandfather has won a nice chunk of change thanks to his second-favorite scratch-off ticket. Clarence Neuenkirchen said he visited a Jewel-Osco grocery store in Oswego, where he decided to play the lottery, according to a Tuesday, Aug. 26, news release from the Illinois Lottery. First, Neuenkirchen told Illinois Lottery officials, he tried to purchase his favorite $5 Crossword scratch-off ticket. But that ticket was sold out. So the grandfather decided to go with his “second favorite” ticket, a 7X Bingo Multiplier. “It feels like a little escape,” he said. “I can take my time playing it." It did not take long for Neuenkirchen to realize he had won big — $200,000 to be exact, according to local stations WGN and WFLD. He then shared the good news with his wife. "I honestly thought she was going to break the floor,” he said, “she kept jumping up and down!" Neuenkirchen said he plans to put money into his retirement fund and set up education funds for his grandchildren. (The Jewel-Osco grocery store that sold the ticket will get a $2,000 bonus.) He also plans to go on a “cruise in the Gulf and maybe even travel to France” with his wife.
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