He won the $50,000 Powerball prize.
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When a man in Missouri checked his Powerball ticket, he had a hard time believing he’d actually won a prize.
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“I had to check the ticket five different times before I realized that I actually won,” the man told Missouri Lottery officials while claiming his big win.
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He said he used “his own set of numbers” that he’s been using for years when buying his ticket at a Kum & Go convenience store in Hollister, according to a March 14 news release.
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And during the Feb. 27 drawing, officials said the man won a $50,000 prize, the amount given out after matching four out of five white balls plus the Powerball number.
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The first thing he did was call his sister.
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“She actually got goosebumps,” the man said in the release.
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Hollister is in southwestern Missouri, about 215 miles southeast of Kansas City.
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