A last-minute change of heart saw a man win a whopping $1 million after he purchased a scratchcard at a petrol station.
Ray Flowers Jr, 66, from New Bern near North Carolina, US, revealed he first thought about buying a cheap scratchcard at the Fuel Market on 110 Riverdale Road.
The sales merchandiser randomly changed his mind and bought a $10 (£8.20) Jumbo Bucks instead, and was blown away when he saw that he had won the $1 million (£820,000) jackpot.
Mr Flowers reflected back on the winning moment and said: "Something just drew me to that one.
"I was probably more dumbfounded than anything else."
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Google Maps/Newsflash)He then immediately headed home to show his wife the scratchcard, who at first thought her husband was joking.
The 66-year-old lucky winner, who plans to semi-retire, said: "She didn't believe me. She thought it was a fake ticket."
Flowers appeared at lottery headquarters in North Carolina's capital Raleigh and claimed his winnings on Friday 2 December.
Despite being able to choose the prize as an annuity of $50,000 (£41,000) a year for a period of 20 years, he decided to go for the lump sum of $600,000 (£493,000).
Flowers took home exactly $426,063 (£349,806) following federal and state taxes.
He said: "I was very relieved because I've been thinking about semi-retiring and this will help with that."
Aside from semi-retiring, the sales merchandiser said he will donate some of the money to his church, as well as help his family with the rest.
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AFP via Getty Images)The huge win comes just days after a North Carolina couple won $1million on a $30 (£24) scratchcard after stopping at 7-Eleven to buy petrol on Black Friday.
Laura Keen's boyfriend was running low on petrol and stopped off at South Main Street in Kernersville to fill-up.
The boyfriend went to fill up the car as Laura decided to purchase a coffee and a $30 scratchcard inside the store.
She headed back to the car and scratched off the ticket and was amazed to have won $1million.
Laura said: "I was screaming. He was screaming. We both were screaming. We were just in shock, just shock.
''We would never have won that if that gas light had not gone off."
