A Marysville man is celebrating a $50,000 lottery win after playing “Lady Luck” Scratch. He purchased his winning ticket from a local Albertsons (301 Marysville Mall).

The man told lottery officials that when he first scratched the ticket, he was alone in his kitchen after this family went to bed. Realizing he held a winning ticket, he ran upstairs to wake his wife. “My wife didn’t believe I won,” shared the winner. “She told me to go to sleep and check the ticket again in the morning. I had such a hard time trying to fall asleep because I was so excited.”

The man and his wife have a son in high school and have spent the last several years preparing to send him to college. He plans to use his winnings to help with his son’s college expenses.

The winner also plans to take his family out for a fancy lobster dinner to celebrate together.

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