You have heard the saying about first-time players going around for ages. You have seen it in poker tables too, someone who has absolutely no idea how to play, which card to keep, when to “call” or “pass” or “raise” actually bluffs the whole table and takes everyone’s cash. Beginner’s luck they call it, professionals hate it but well they too were beginners once. Lottery checker

Phu Nguyen was walking aimlessly on Adams Street with his three year-old grandson and stepped into Saint John Market. He bought a $10 scratcher which won him exactly what he had invested, so he decided to play again, after all what could he lose the $10 that he paid and got back instantly? So he asked the store’s clerk for advice. Since that night’s Cash Win Fall game had risen to an estimated $1.8 million jackpot, the clerk suggested that Nguyen could give this game a try. There was nothing to lose because the Cash Win Fall game cost only $2. Nguyen gave it a try at a game he knew absolutely nothing about and followed the well-intended advice. Lottery winning numbers

The day after Nguyen bought the ticket, he had a small accident. He locked himself out of his house so he had to go somewhere to borrow a phone to call a family member to help him out. He headed straight to Saint John. When he arrived he saw that everyone was very excited and people were cheering and applauding. He was told that the owner had just learned that his store was the seller of the winning ticket for the $1.8 million Cash Win Fall jackpot. The Lottery gives $10,000 commission to the retailer that sells the winning ticket. That was the “aha” moment for Nguyen, he suddenly remembered that he bought a ticket for this same game, a game he did not know how to play and had never even heard the name of. He took out his wallet, searched for the ticket and handed it to the owner so that he could check it out for him. And there you have him, the winner of October 20th Cash Win Fall drawing!

Later on the same day, Nguyen headed straight to the Lottery’s headquarters in Braintree and happily collected his prize of $1,886,091 (minus taxes). Nguyen, being a very responsible man expressed that he plans to invest this windfall money wisely and to help his children with their college education.