Fort Smith man wins Arkansas Scholarship Lottery prize worth $500,000

A lucky man from Fort Smith won a whopping sum of $500,000 playing $20 scratch-off game of Arkansas Scholarship Lottery on Wednesday.

The winning ticket was sold at the E-Z Mart convenience store, 8401 U.S. 271 South. The store will receive a bonus of $500 for selling the winning scratch-Off ticket. 

The winner plans to buy a house for his family with the winnings and save the rest for future uses. 

The Arkansas Lottery draws 6 winning Lotto numbers and 1 bonus number from that field of numbers ranging from 1 to 40. Players have to match the first 6 numbers drawn in any order with the numbers on their Lotto tickets to win the jackpot which starts at $250,000.