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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Erin Keller

He stopped on the way home from his wife’s cancer appointment to pick up a $5 scratcher. Then he hit the jackpot

An Ohio man scored a life‑changing $500,000 scratch‑off win, buying the ticket on his way home from taking his wife to a series of cancer treatment appointments.

The unidentified Carrollton man told the Ohio Lottery that he decided to try his luck by buying several $5 scratch-off tickets, including the last remaining “Best of 7s” ticket he spotted in a bin at BellStores #146 in Malvern.

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