Man claims $1 million lottery prize on Valentine's Day, days after break-up

A man in Illinois, who wished to stay unknown, won 1,000,000 bucks from the "Syndication 50X" scratch-off game.

After I scratched the triumphant ticket, I totally terrified," he told the Lottery. "I quickly felt my life altering event. I nearly didn't go to work!

You can say I haven't had a lot of karma in the affection division, however that is okay since now I truly hit the big time.

What are the odds of winning the Monopoly 50X instant game? The likelihood of winning any award is 1 in 3.39. The possibility winning the top award is 1 out of 2,036,500,00.

The triumphant ticket was purchased from Walmart at 137 W. North Ave, Northlake, and has been left well enough alone, as indicated by the Lottery.

"I don't have a special someone to share my big news with because my girlfriend and I broke up three days before I bought the winning ticket,"

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