A Fairview, Illinois, man became $1 million richer after a trip to the grocery store in Farmington.
Kevin Weaver won the top prize in a $40 Million Mega Bucks scratch-off ticket purchased at County Market at 1090 E. Fort St., Farmington. Located about 20 miles west of Peoria, Farmington is home to just over 2,000 residents.
“I got the ticket on my truck in the County Market parking lot and was in complete shock when I saw I had won a million dollars,” Weaver said in a statement. “I immediately called my wife, Paula, to tell her the news. She didn’t believe me until I scanned the ticket into my lottery app to prove it to her.”
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Weaver plans to put some of the winnings towards a postponed trip to Aruba with Paula. Several years ago, he intended to propose to her there.
“The trip was very expensive, so we never got to go,” he said. “Well, you better believe we’re definitely going now.”
This article originally appeared in the Journal Star: $1 Million Winning Lottery Ticket Sold in Farmington
