$2.5 Million winning ticket found in a stack of unchecked tickets

$2.5 Million The Pick Arizona lotto winning ticket in a stack of unchecked tickets

Robert Casillas doesn’t check his tickets right away; in fact, he usually waits until he has a stack of about 30 or 40 before he goes to a store to have them scanned. His winning Quick Pick ticket from The Pick drawing on March 15 was no exception. He didn’t check it until Saturday, July 1.
This winning jackpot ticket was just one of over 30 tickets Robert took to the store to be scanned. The clerk returned the ticket to him with a slip explaining that the store couldn’t cash it because it was more money than they were allowed to pay out and that he would have to go to the Arizona Lottery office. No one knew the amount, but his wife, Carmen knew that the store could only cash tickets for around $500, so she thought it was probably worth about $600.

When they got home, Robert immediately went online to the Arizona Lottery website and checked the numbers on his ticket and was convinced it was a
jackpot and it was for real. However, his wife, Carmen, didn’t really believe
it was a jackpot as most of their previous wins had ranged from $2 to $50, and
told him Don’t get your hopes up.
Robert and Carmen came to the Arizona Lottery office turned in their ticket. They were greeted by everyone at the Claims Window with,
We’ve been wondering where you were. The lucky couple elected to take the cash option with a cash value of $1,579,384.70 before taxes. Once the reality of their win sunk in, they were both in a state of shock. The Casillas’ have four children three of them are full-time college students, as well as holding down full-time
jobs and the oldest is working full-time. As of the time of this interview, Robert and Carmen had not yet had time to tell them the exciting news.

Robert is a retired land surveyor and Carmen works as an electrical technician at a manufacturing plant. They both enjoy spending time with their family, especially their grandson. When asked what plans they have for their winnings, they both said, We plan to invest it for ourselves and our family’s future.’
The Arizona Lottery wishes the Casillas family good health and continued good fortune.

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