REDDING, Conn. — Charles Dudley stopped into the Georgetown Shell May 2 for some ice cream.
He also ended up buying a Powerball Quick Pick, which he stuffed into his wallet, and forgot about until he cleaned it out and found the $1 million winning ticket among a stack of receipts.
He claimed the prize 23 days before it was going to expire.
"I checked the winning numbers on the lottery's website and couldn't believe it," Dudley said in a release. "I checked it over and over. The numbers were a match. It didn't feel real, though, until I checked the location of where the ticket was sold. It was where I bought my ticket."