"I went to get a sandwich and had a few extra bucks left, so I bought two instant tickets," the man said. "I won $10 on the first ticket and thought that was pretty great. When I scratched the second ticket, I couldn't believe my eyes.
The second ticket, a Triple 7's scratch-off game, earned him a $500,000 jackpot.
"I called my girlfriend and asked her to come see me right away. She told me to scan the ticket in the store, and that is when I realized I wasn't dreaming," the man recalled. "I jumped about 10 feet in the air on my way out the door. Since then, about every 10 minutes I've thought to myself: 'Did this really happen to me?'"
The man said his immediate plans for the money include buying a new vehicle and a vintage speedboat.
"Winning provides me with the opportunity to retire sooner and alleviates the unknown," he said.
