Man who 'always knew he was gong to be rich' and wins lottery after telling wife about 'hunch'

A man who "always knew he would be rich" won the lottery after having a "hunch" “hunch”.

The great-grandpa stopped at a liquor store in Maryland saying he had a "lucky feeling" that felt so "strong" he had to buy a lottery scratch-off . After buying the $20 Millionaire’s Club ticket, he returned to his car and scratched his card - revealing he had won the grand prize of $1 million.

After realising his win, he called his wife and told her about the 'hunch' that led him to buy a ticket , reports the Miami Herald. He said: "I said, ‘Are you sitting down? I just won $1 million." He told how his wife was "blown away" by the news, going on to tell lottery officials how her husband felt he was destined to be rich.

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She added: "He always said he was going to win and be a millionaire one day" The great-grandpa told how plans to use the money toward home improvement and to buy a new car before saving the rest. Meanwhile, a mystery Texas player won a staggering $810 million Mega Millions jackpot on Tuesday night but an even bigger Mega Millions jackpot from earlier this year remains unclaimed.

The first Mega Millions jackpot of 2024 was won on March 26 and is worth an estimated $1.128 billion - making it the fifth largest jackpot in the game's history. But the lucky winner still hasn't come forward to claim their prize, lottery officials have revealed.

The winning ticket was sold in New Jersey, where winners have up to one year from the day of the draw to claim their Mega Millions prize. That means that nearly six months of the 12 to claim have already gone. New Jersey prize winners can choose to remain anonymous to claim their jackpot if they wish. They must simply show valid identification while claiming their prize at lottery headquarters, lottery officials said.

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The unclaimed ticket was purchased at the ShopRite Liquor on Route 66 in Neptune, New Jersey. The winning numbers were 07, 11, 22, 29, 38, 02 and the Megaplier was 2.

The retailer earns a $30,000 bonus for selling the ticket. If a Mega Millions jackpot goes unclaimed, each participating state will get back the money it contributed.

Each state uses unclaimed lottery prizes for different purposes but unclaimed money usually remains in the state's lottery fund. A lucky Texan still needs to claim the $810 million prize that was won on Tuesday.

The prized ticket was purchased in a Murphy USA gas station along Highway 90A in Sugar Land, Texas. The win broke a streak of over 20 drawings without a jackpot winner.