We all make mistakes and some of them can be costly. However, for one man from the US state of Baltimore, a mistake he made in a bar paid off pleasantly. He ended up being richer by $32,000 (around Rs 27 lakhs) than ticket bought by mistake. The anonymous winner, said to be a retired truck driver, was in a bar with his friends having a drink when he bought a 10-point Keno ticket for 10 games.
What is keno?
Keno is a betting game It is played with cards (tickets) that have numbers in squares, usually 1 to 80. A player marks or circles as many of these numbers as they wish, up to the maximum allowed, then registers their ticket and pays according to the amount of numbers you selected. .
Also read: American woman receives lottery ticket as a Christmas gift and wins Rs 16 million
Do not discard tickets purchased by mistake
Instead of his usual 10-point ticket for 10 games, the avid Keno player opted to add a bonus multiplier, which unexpectedly increased the price of the ticket to $40. (around Rs 3,400). When the waiter informed the man about the cost of the ticket and asked if he still wanted to keep it, he decided to go ahead.
According to him, he chose to keep the note, fulfilling his personal rule of never discarding notes that he considers a mistake. “I always save my error tickets,” he explained, fearing that the discarded numbers would win.
Mistake becomes luck
This time his belief was proven correct. During the fourth game, the man watched in disbelief as nine of his ten numbers were drawn. “I said to myself, ‘Oh my God, I got nine out of 10!'” he recalled.
Also read: House cleaner finds $1 million lottery ticket thought lost and returns it
The man scanned his ticket and discovered that the bonus option had awarded him a huge win. “It said $32,000. I said, ‘Oh my God, I have to think twice,'” he recalled.
This chance mistake turned a normal evening at the bar into a life-changing event for the retired truck driver.
For more news and current affairs from around the world, visit Indiatimes News.
