A Kentucky man ran out of gas and bought a winning lottery ticket

Michael Schlemmer, from Corbin, Kentucky, spotted his car was just about to run out of fuel so he pulled into the Convenient Food Mart to top his car up.

Once inside he decided to get himself a Luck Kentucky Lottery scratch-off card. “I ran out of gas, and I coasted in there,” Schlemmer said.

“I had 40 bucks on me and bought $20 worth of gas, and bought a ticket.” He scratched off his $20 ticket and revealed the symbol that showed he won a whopping $1 million.

Schlemmer explained: "I scratched it off, and I looked at it and went back in the store. "I showed the girls that sold it to me, and they about had a fit.

“The owners of the store were there and they both started grinning.” The Convenient Food Mart will receive $8,620 for selling the winning ticket, according to the Kentucky Lottery.