Man’s Wife Thought He Won $1K Lottery Prize. It Was Actually $1M

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An Iowa man won the lottery before he purchased additional tickets

Ron Rothe, 73, went to Kimmes Denison Country Store to buy a few more lottery tickets and ask about his other previously purchased tickets

He quickly learned that he had won a $1 million prize

A man in Iowa wasn’t aware he had already scored big when he went to purchase more lottery tickets last month — and it took a while for the news to sink in.

Ron Rothe, 73, from Denison, purchased a winning lottery ticket on Saturday, Sept. 13, at Kimmes Denison Country Store, according to an Iowa Lottery news release. However, he had no idea for nearly a week, even after hearing the news that somebody in the area had won a $1 million prize.

“We had heard rumors that so-and-so won, so we never really even thought a