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The best lottery-related anecdote NewsFeed ever heard was that the numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 have never been drawn together. We might just have found out about a better story.
Ron Rea owns Tobacco World stores in western Pennsylvania and sold himself a $1.8M lottery ticket for the Nov. 18 Match 6 Lotto drawing at his Belle Vernon outlet. The 68-year-old said that the winnings will help he and his wife of 38 years, Rita, build their retirement funds.
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Ironically, Rea doesn’t tend to play the three-number Daily Play draw, focusing instead on lottery tickets because the longer odds involved in getting more numbers pays out more cash. “If you hit, your life’s changed,” he told the Herald-Standard of Uniontown.
But here’s the kicker: in addition to his prize, Rea is set to receive a bonus of $10,000 from the Pennsylvania Lottery organization. The reason? For being the seller of the ticket. It’s tough being Ron Rea.