Subscribe | UPI Odd Newsletter Subscribe BOISE, Idaho, Feb. 10 (UPI) -- A Utah man said his dog locked him out of his truck, causing him to purchase a group's winning Idaho lottery ticket at the store where he was stuck. Steve Hughes bought the winning Powerball ticket on behalf of a group of 34 workers from the HVAC Shop at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City, which Friday became the largest group to share a $1 million prize from Idaho's lottery, headquartered in Boise, KIVI-TV, Boise, reported. Advertisement The Pilot Travel Center in McCammon, Idaho sold the winning ticket from last Saturday evening, KIVI-TV reported. "I was headed back to I-15 and needed to get some gas. After I was done, my dog, Stella, locked me out. I was there for 45 minutes trying to get into my truck. I decided to buy my tickets there and it turned out to be the $1,000,000 winner," Hughes said. The group, which has played regularly since February 2001, snagged the winning ticket playing a series of numbers from the tickets they first bought twelve years ago. Each member contributes $10 every few weeks and each got $19,875 out of the winnings. Advertisement Pilot Travel Centers receives $20,000 from the Idaho Lottery for selling the winning ticket. Read More Late lottery winner left business to wife Couple win twice in lottery scratch-offs Thai lotto player say game maybe rigged Lucky man wins lottery twice in 4 months Ill. lottery winner reburied after autopsy Body of poisoned lottery winner exhumed