MAN WHO BOUGHT LOTTERY TICKETS TO BREAK $100 BILL WINS $10M

[Omaha Steve]

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BOSTON (AP) -- A Massachusetts man who bought a pair of lottery tickets at a grocery shop to break a $100 bill for lunch has ended up winning $10 million.

Lottery officials announced Thursday that Richard Noll and his wife claimed the prize at lottery headquarters in Braintree this week. He chose a one-time payment of $6.5 million after taxes.

The Revere man says he needed to break a $100 bill to get lunch at a sandwich shop, so he bought two $20 "Platinum Millions" instant tickets at Lanzilli Groceria in East Boston. The shop gets a $50,000 bonus for selling the winning ticket.

Noll says he wants to buy a house, make investments and take his granddaughter to Walt Disney World.

[bigwillq]

1. That's awesome!

[joeglow3]

2. He spent $40 just to break a bill for lunch

Talk about first world problems.

[NightWatcher]

3. Sounds like someone who will blow through the 10 mil in no time

That's like buying a new car because the current one was out of gas.

[KingCharlemagne]

4. OT, but I hope he spends a few $$ to make sure he and his grand daughter

are fully vaccinated before he goes to Disney World. Man, talk about a real-world Petri dish! (News out here is full of stories of measles outbreak at Disney Land.)

[benz380]

9. He's got enough money now he can set up a booth at Disney and give everyone vaccines! n/t

[yallerdawg]

5. I don't care about odds, math, more likely lightning hits you and all that.

"if you don't play -- it don't pay!"

[GummyBearz]

6. I'm a fan of

"its a tax for people who can't do math"

[yallerdawg]

7. There are 2 outcomes.

If you play, you might win. If you don't play, you won't win.

50/50. How's that math?

[GummyBearz]

13. With that math I will cash out my 401k and buy as many lotto tickets as I can right now..

Woohoo I'm rich!

[yallerdawg]

14. 401k?

You're playing already!

[Initech]

8. Why can't I have that kind of luck?

[benz380]

10. I once found a $100 bill and when I picked it up it turned into a one. :(

[KingCharlemagne]

12. If it weren't for bad luck, you'd have no

luck at all!

[hfojvt]

11. a $20 lottery ticket?

That is just evil.