A LOTTERY player with a unique strategy has won $1million after paying $20 for a ticket.
The winner, who goes by Roger J., frequently travels all over the state of Pennsylvania and transports chickens for work.
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While it's not a traditional strategy of just buying multiple tickets at the same store, he would buy them all over the place instead.
"I would buy tickets everywhere I went. I told my wife’s mom I was going to make her daughter a millionaire," the Snyder County resident told the Pensyvalnnia Lottery.
During the week up to January 6, 2023, Roger decided to buy multiple tickets from Millionaire Raffle, which costs $20 to play.
Players can win prizes by matching their digits with the numbers drawn.
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In total eight drawings are held each week, according to the Pennsylvania lottery.
There are only four $1million grand prizes. The odds of winning it are one in 125,000.
Roger said he wound up checking his tickets the day after the last drawing of the week on a Sunday.
"I woke up Sunday and prayed to God," he said.
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Well, it worked for him because after checking multiple losing tickets he came across a winner – and let's just say it was a big one.
“I was shaking," he said.
The winning grand prize ticket from Millionaire Raffle was purchased by Roger at a 7-Eleven, located on Route 35 & 104 in Mount Pleasant.
Roger intends on using his winnings for a vacation to the Bahamas and to invest in rental properties.
He also said he might use them to start a new chicken business.
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While no strategy will guarantee you a winning ticket, there are some ways to help you decide on what to play – or even improve your odds.
But as always, you'll need a little bit of luck. Sometimes, it might require a little bit of an investment to win.
For example, winners in Pennsylvania, who go by John and Tammy V, purchased a ticket for $50.
They wound up winning the top prize of $5million.
John typically buys tickets at gas stations daily.
Another method that could help is picking lottery digits that have special meaning to you.
For example, North Carolina resident Audrey Woodard has won $25,000 a year for life after using family birthday digits.
For the Cash 3 game, TikToker @vaultstacker7 recently explained the "9-6-2" strategy that she calls the "secret sauce to win the lotto daily."
This will require analyzing the winnings from midday and the evening drawing and then finding a "hot number" to play during the night.
The U.S. Sun has full coverage of the strategy and what you need to do.
For scratch-off tickets, you'll want to check your state lottery's website to see how many prizes remain and which ones are still available.
Also, you might want to check out your state lottery website because it might have a map of recent winners.
If you can see where people have won, you might want to consider purchasing a ticket at a hot spot.
If you have a gambling problem and need help, the National Gambling Helpline is 1-800-522-4700.
For more related stories, one player turned $30 into $15million thanks to a simple trick.
A winner in New York won $5million but only took home $3.2million.
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And a lottery won $4million despite missing a key number.
