Wife’s lottery win inspires man to try his luck — then he wins even bigger prize
When one Arkansas woman won $50 from a lottery ticket, her husband decided he’d take a chance as well and bought another $10 ticket.
The man from Pulaski County also had some luck — but his prize was 4,000 times bigger than his wife’s. He won $200,000 playing the Ultimate Riches game, lottery officials said in an April 21 news release.
“I was so surprised because I just couldn’t believe it,” the winner told lottery officials. “I kept looking at the winning numbers thinking, ‘Well, it has to be right!’”
When he went to tell his wife about his win, she was skeptical.
“Oh, she didn’t believe me,” he told officials.
He had to show his wife the winning ticket to convince her he had really won.
The frequent lottery player purchased the ticket in Little Rock.
This story was originally published April 23, 2025 at 3:50 PM with the headline "Wife’s lottery win inspires man to try his luck — then he wins even bigger prize."
