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Jeremiah purchased the winning Dec. 3 lottery ticket at Coop’s Stop n’ Shop, in Bristow.
An Oklahoma man has a big reason to celebrate this holiday season after finding out that he is a millionaire.
On Dec. 3, Jeremiah stopped by Coop's Stop n' Shop and purchased a ticket in the Lucky for Life game, which was $1,000 a day for life and boy how lucky Jeremiah was that day. Chris Cooper, owner of Coop's, was notified by the commission that someone had purchased the lucky winning ticket at his store. Within a few days, the Oklahoma Lottery Commission announced that Jeremiah had won $8.5 million with the lucky numbers of 11 17 22 25 37 (4).
If Jeremiah had taken the lump sum, he would have went home $5.75 million richer but he chose to take $365,000 a year for the next 20 years.
Jeremiah said that he plans to use the money to pay off debt and buy himself a new sports car.
The jackpot win makes him Oklahoma's 65th millionaire through the lottery.
The very next week a person in Woodward, Oklahoma won a jackpot on a ticket that was purchased at Love’s Travel Stop. This ticket was worth a $3.5 million win.