A Wisconsin man is the lucky winner of a $14.3 million Megabucks jackpot after accidentally playing the wrong lottery game, reports the Wisconsin State Journal.
Though Napolean Elvord was a regular lottery player, he took three days to claim his prize after mistakenly purchasing a Megabucks ticket instead of his usual Powerball ticket, he told the paper.
Had it not been for workers at a Madison, Wisconsin, Mobil gas station asking him if he’d won, Elvord may have missed out on collecting his winnings.
In claiming his prize, Elvord opted for the one-time lump sum payment of $10.2 million, or $6.87 million after taxes, according to The Consumerist.
But the lucky man won’t be spending his cash on flashy cars or a huge new house. Instead, the ailing veteran, who’s spent five years on dialysis, plans to buy health insurance to help him get a kidney transplant, according to LimeLife.com.
Elvord said he’ll also take this opportunity to move back to his native Texas, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported.
Accidental lottery wins have become something of a trend in recent months.
Last November, a clerk accidentally rang up an extra Powerball lottery ticket for a man, an error that helped the man win $1 million instead of $200,000.
Just a few months earlier, a Georgia woman won $25 million after a clerk gave her a winning Powerball ticket instead of a Mega Millions ticket.
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