Woman Sends Husband To Buy Hot Dogs, He Buys Lottery Tickets Instead And Wins $100,000

A woman sent her husband to run a quick errand and buy some groceries. But this very general errand changed the couple's life.

While grocery shopping Joseph Bednarek made an impulse decision to buy a lottery ticket and won $107,000 out of it. While the man was at Pick ¡®N Save, located on Pioneer Road in Fond du Lac, he saw a sign he couldn¡¯t get past. It said the Badger 5 was up to $96,000.

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Apparently, luck has always been with the Bednarek family. According to CBS58, Ellen Bednarek said, "And I said 'what if I could get us married by the tribal chief?' And he says, 'I don't think they do that.' I said, 'watch me.'"

But this was just when they were getting married. After 21 years of marriage, they still have luck by their side even during a mundane grocery run. "So I came out and said, 'could you maybe please get me some hot dogs?'" said Ellen Bednarek.

This is when a sign at the store caught her husband's eye. "And I looked, I backed up and saw $96,000. All I had left was a $10 bill. Normally I buy five and I went there and, 'oh well, give me $10 worth,'" said Joseph Bednarek. "I don't know why I did it. Because it was in the 90-some thousands," Bednarek said.

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Initially, Joseph couldn't believe they have won the lottery. "I just kept looking at it. What did I do wrong? Did I write them down wrong? I called up two or three times, the lottery hotline, they give you all the numbers," said Bednarek.

This is when he called his wife to check out the numbers. "He called me in and then I looked at the numbers and I go, 'these match,'" said Ellen. Bednarek¡¯s $107,000 win during the grocery run took place on March 22.

The couple has already thought out how will they spend their money. Bednarek is ¡®retired and plans to use the winnings to complete house repairs and add to savings¡¯, the Wisconsin Lottery stated.

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That includes replacing the roof and paying off a camper. "The rest of the few thousand we¡¯ll probably fill up our gas tank 10 times," Bednarek said with a laugh. "That¡¯ll be it." The most the Bedraneck's have won in the lottery was $400.

Some people are just lucky.

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