Ohio man’s birthday numbers deliver $25,417 lottery prize – UPI.com
An Ohio man used his own birthday for luck and ended up winning a lottery prize worth $25,417 from a Pick 5 drawing.
May 18 (UPI) — An Ohio man used his own birthday for luck and ended up winning a lottery prize worth $25,417 from a Pick 5 drawing.
The Akron man, named Anthony, told Ohio Lottery officials he decided to use his birthday digits, 3-2-5-5-8, to play the evening Pick 5 game on May 8.
The man told lottery officials he had started using those numbers earlier this year, on his actual birthday.
The May 8 drawing brought him a $25,000 prize for matching the numbers, plus an additional $417 for the 60-way box bet he added to his ticket.
The winner said his prize money will go into the bank.
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