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From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it’s investigating the financials of Elon Musk’s pro-Trump PAC or producing our latest documentary, ‘The A Word’, which shines a light on the American women fighting for reproductive rights, we know how important it is to parse out the facts from the messaging.<\/p>\n
At such a critical moment in US history, we need reporters on the ground. Your donation allows us to keep sending journalists to speak to both sides of the story.<\/p>\n
The Independent is trusted by Americans across the entire political spectrum. And unlike many other quality news outlets, we choose not to lock Americans out of our reporting and analysis with paywalls. We believe quality journalism should be available to everyone, paid for by those who can afford it.<\/p>\n
Your support makes all the difference.<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\nRead more<\/span><\/svg><\/span><\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\nConsistency finally paid off for one Ohio Lottery player who landed a $3.5 million Classic Lotto jackpot after playing the same set of numbers for 22 years. <\/p>\n
The man, who chose to stay anonymous, won in the February 4 drawing and told lottery officials he kept buying tickets despite two decades of mostly small wins because he is \u201cstubborn,\u201d according to a news release from Ohio Lottery.<\/p>\n
Even after becoming a snowbird and spending part of each year in warmer weather, the winner never broke his routine. He budgeted about $10 a month for tickets and leaned on his best friend to keep the streak alive when he was out of town. <\/p>\n
If he couldn\u2019t buy tickets himself, his friend made the purchases so he wouldn\u2019t miss a drawing. The winning ticket was sold at gas station MAPCO #1929, formerly a Circle K, located at 997 Brown Street in Akron. <\/p>\n
When the winning numbers were announced, the longtime player recognized the combination instantly \u2013 6-8-16-20-26-45 \u2013 even though he did not have the ticket with him. <\/p>\n
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The winning ticket! The anonymous Ohio Lottery winner said his best friend would buy his Classic Lotto ticket with the same six numbers whenever he was out of town (Ohio Lottery)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\nAfter memorizing the numbers over 22 years of playing, he realized almost immediately that he had finally hit the jackpot. Overwhelmed, he shouted the news to his wife and celebrated by keeping a long-running promise.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re going to get a really big pool!\u201d he recalled saying. <\/p>\n
Still without the ticket in hand, the winner quickly made travel plans, flew back to his home in Ohio, where the winning ticket was waiting for him. <\/p>\n
The winner opted for the cash payout of $1.7 million. After mandatory state and federal taxes, he will take home $1,281,875. He said he officially retired following the win and plans to buy a house, build a home gym and follow through on his promise to add a big pool for his wife.<\/p>\n
The Independent <\/em>has asked Ohio Lottery whether the man\u2019s longtime friend will receive any share of the jackpot.<\/p>\nThe odds of matching all six numbers to win the Classic Lotto jackpot are 1 in 13,983,816, according to the Ohio Lottery. Drawings are held at 7:05 p.m., with the jackpot starting at $1 million and increasing by at least $100,000 each time there is no winner.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it’s investigating the financials of Elon Musk’s pro-Trump PAC or producing our latest documentary, ‘The A Word’, which shines a light on the American women fighting for reproductive rights, we know how important it is to parse out the facts from the messaging. At such a critical moment in US history, we need reporters on the ground. Your donation allows us to keep sending journalists to speak to both sides of the story. The Independent is trusted by Americans across the entire political spectrum. And unlike many other quality news outlets, we choose not to lock Americans out of our reporting and analysis with paywalls. We believe quality journalism should be available to everyone, paid for by those who can afford it. Your support makes all the difference. Read more Consistency finally paid off for one Ohio Lottery player who landed a $3.5 million Classic Lotto jackpot after playing the same set of numbers for 22 years. The man, who chose to stay anonymous, won in the February 4 drawing and told lottery officials he kept buying tickets despite two decades of mostly small wins because he is \u201cstubborn,\u201d according to a news release from Ohio Lottery. Even after becoming a snowbird and spending part of each year in warmer weather, the winner never broke his routine. He budgeted about $10 a month for tickets and leaned on his best friend to keep the streak alive when he was out of town. If he couldn\u2019t buy tickets himself, his friend made the purchases so he wouldn\u2019t miss a drawing. The winning ticket was sold at gas station MAPCO #1929, formerly a Circle K, located at 997 Brown Street in Akron. When the winning numbers were announced, the longtime player recognized the combination instantly \u2013 6-8-16-20-26-45 \u2013 even though he did not have the ticket with him. The winning ticket! The a…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12255,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12254"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12254"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12254\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/12255"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12254"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12254"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12254"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}