A BUSY bloke who asked his colleague to pick up a lottery ticket for him was blown away when they both won.
The construction worker from Maryland , US, scooped the jackpot on the Pick 5 game after his work pal took a gamble.
He explained he was working on November 18 when he realised he wouldn’t be able to rush to the store in time to grab a ticket for the midday draw.
So, he did what many of us do during our times of need - he turned to a fellow employee.
The man sent his friend to a local shop to grab a lotto ticket for him, as he just couldn’t face missing a game.
He told lottery officials he always uses the number combination: 1, 2, 3, 5, 5, when entering Pick 5’s morning draw.
The construction worker’s mate fulfilled his duties and bought him a $1 straight bet ticket - while grabbing a 50-cent straight bet ticket with the same numbers.
And it seems the pal’s good deed did go unpunished - as they had selected the lucky digits for the morning draw.
He earned a healthy $25,000 for his kindness, while his lotto-mad colleague won a whopping $50,000.
The construction worker joked with lottery officials: “My buddy was happy that I sent him out for that ticket.”;;
He explained he had been playing the Pick 5 game daily since it was launched back in February.
“I like that you can pay less and win more money,”;; he explained.
The men did not share how they intend to use their extraordinary cash prize - but insisted it will be spent wisely.
The big winner added: “I can promise you that it is going to last for a while.”;;
We previously told how a US store was dubbed the “world’s luckiest shop”;; after selling two winning lottery tickets two days in a row.
A pair of punters won a whopping $16million combined after taking their chances on the lotto at the same Publix in Tampa Bay, Florida .
And this man revealed his secret behind scooping the lottery prize six times in a row netting him £1.6million .
Raymond Roberts Sr, from Massachusetts , US, made the bizarre decision to buy six tickets using the same numbers for a draw.
But his bold choice paid off as the numbers came in - meaning he won the jackpot six times.
