Two Idaho Lottery Players Win $100,000 Each

Two Idaho lottery players are each celebrating a $100,000 top prize after some surprisingly lucky moments.

For Lewis Metz, one winning ticket led to another. After using some of his lottery winnings to buy more tickets at a liquor store, Metz discovered that one of those new tickets had landed the $100,000 prize.

Metz celebrated the big win by taking his family out to dinner. He also plans to use the remaining money to pay off debt.

George Thompson had a very different experience. His winning tickets sat on his car’s dashboard for several days before he even remembered they were there. When he finally scratched one and saw the winning result, both he and his wife were stunned.

• Lewis Metz: $100,000 winner
• George Thompson: $100,000 winner
• Total winnings: $200,000

When Thompson called his wife with the news, she initially thought he was joking and jokingly warned him not to tease her. He wasn’t kidding—the couple had really won $100,000.