Illinois man wins $1M with scratch-off lottery ticket

FAIRVIEW, Ill. (WTVO) — An Illinois man couldn’t believe his luck after winning $1 million from a scratch-off lottery ticket.

Kevin Weaver purchased the winning ticket at a Country Market, located at 1090 East Fort Street in Farmington, a town 20 miles west of Peoria.

“I scratched the ticket in my truck in the parking lot of County Market, and I was in complete shock when I saw that I had won a million dollars,” Weaver said. “I immediately called my wife, Paula, to tell her the news. She didn’t believe me until I scanned the ticket on my lottery app to prove it to her!”

Weaver said he plans on taking his wife on vacation with his winnings. “A few years ago I planned on taking Paula to Aruba, which was where I had planned to propose. The trip was too expensive, so we never got to go. Well, you better believe we will definitely be going now!” he said.

And that’s not all: “We thought about how she often drives our grandkids around everywhere. It would be nice to treat her to a new minivan so that she can do it in style – happy wife, happy life!” he joked.

Weaver played the $40 Million Mega Bucks game.

The County Market store will receive a selling bonus of one percent of the prize amount, or $10,000.

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