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April 12, 2021 / 5:10 PM

Fellow customer's purchase leads Missouri man to $100,000 lottery prize

Danny Yount, of St. Louis, said he decided to buy a scratch-off lottery ticket from the Circle K store in the city after the customer ahead of him bought the same ticket. He won the game's $100,000 top prize. File Photo by John Angelillo/UPI

Danny Yount, of St. Louis, said he decided to buy a scratch-off lottery ticket from the Circle K store in the city after the customer ahead of him bought the same ticket. He won the game's $100,000 top prize. File Photo by John Angelillo/UPI | License Photo

April 12 (UPI) -- A Missouri man said a fellow store customer's purchase of a scratch-off lottery ticket inspired him to purchase the same ticket -- and win $100,000.

Danny Yount, of St. Louis, told Missouri Lottery officials he was in line at the Circle K store in St. Louis when the customer ahead of him purchased a Hot Hot Cash scratch-off ticket.

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Yount said he decided to buy the same ticket and ended up scratching off a $100,000 prize.

The winner said his first phone call was to his girlfriend, but he had some difficulty convincing her that he was telling the truth.

"She thought I was joking since I happened to win on April Fools' Day," Yount recalled.

The Missouri Lottery said Yount was the first player to win the $100,000 top prize from Hot Hot Cash. Three top prizes remain in the game.

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