Washington man finds lottery ticket while cleaning his car. It’s worth $2 million

A Washington man bought a Powerball ticket, put it on his car’s dashboard, and went about his day as usual.

A month later, he came across the lottery ticket while cleaning out his car. Before tossing the ticket he got Nov. 6 out along with the rest of the “junk,” he decided to check and see if he had gotten lucky this time.

The man from Granite Falls quickly discovered he had won $2 million from the ticket he bought at a local IGA, according to a Dec. 13 release from Washington’s Lottery.

He was so excited he told his father the good news before going to claim the money at the Washington’s Lottery’s Everett Regional Office. He plans to invest the money into several rental properties, the release said. His name was not released by lottery officials.

Granite Falls is located in Snohomish County.

This story was originally published December 13, 2021 at 3:48 PM with the headline "Washington man finds lottery ticket while cleaning his car. It’s worth $2 million."