Anderson resident Danny Robinson Jr. and his wife like to play Powerball together and always purchase their tickets at Chief’s Discount Tobacco in Anderson. While they were each filling out a couple playslips for the April 29 drawing, Robinson noticed his wife had chosen her numbers by simply going straight down the line, starting with the number 3.
“Is that how you’re going to do it??” he asked incredulously.
“Yes,” she replied with a shrug.
The day after the drawing, Robinson scanned their tickets on the Hoosier Lottery app. When he scanned his wife’s ticket, he was surprised to see a message stating the prize was too large to redeem at a retailer. Thinking it had to be a couple thousand dollars, Robinson excitedly called the Hoosier Lottery’s Prize Payment Office. He was floored to learn they won $1 million!
The couple plans to use their winnings to move their immediate family back to the Southeastern United States where Robinson grew up and still has a lot of extended family.