{"id":1452270,"date":"2022-04-25T07:29:48","date_gmt":"2022-04-25T11:29:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1452270"},"modified":"2022-04-25T07:29:57","modified_gmt":"2022-04-25T11:29:57","slug":"iowa-man-wins-1-million-from-lottery-after-cashier-mistake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/iowa-man-wins-1-million-from-lottery-after-cashier-mistake\/","title":{"rendered":"Iowa Man Wins $1 Million From Lottery After Cashier Mistake"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fiowa-man-wins-1-million-from-lottery-after-cashier-mistake%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1452270&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47-->\n<div class=\"featured featured-video video-ct\">\n<div class=\"contain\">\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p>Taxes associated with Mega Millions<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>An <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/us\/us-regions\/midwest\/iowa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Iowa<\/a> man says that a cashier&#8217;s &#8220;mistake&#8221; led to him winning $1 million in the Iowa Mega Millions lottery.<\/p>\n<p>Josh Buster, 40, said that when he asked a West Burlington convenience store clerk for five easy-pick plays for Friday night&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxbusiness.com\/money\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mega Millions<\/a> drawing, he initially received only one play from the lottery terminal.<\/p>\n<p>The clerk then asked Buster if the four other plays could be issued on a separate ticket.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I feel like that changed the numbers that I would have gotten if he had put them all on one instead of making that mistake,&#8221; Buster said.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxbusiness.com\/money\/powerball-jackpot-reaches-400-million\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>HERE ARE SATURDAY&#8217;S WINNING POWERBALL NUMBERS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"inline image-ct\">\n<div class=\"m\"><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxbusiness.com\/foxbusiness.com\/content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/931\/523\/Untitled-design-19.png?ve=1&#038;tl=1\" alt=\"Josh Buster\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p><span>Josh Buster, 40, said that when he asked a West Burlington convenience store clerk for five easy-pick plays for Friday night&#8217;s Mega Millions drawing, he initially received only one play from the lottery terminal.<\/span><span> (Iowa Lottery \/ Fox News)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Buster said that he thought the whole thing was a mistake and had to Google the lottery numbers for himself after scanning the tickets on an app.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I don&#8217;t usually have good luck, so I thought it was a mistake and there was going to be an error,&#8221; he said. &#8220;So I Googled the lottery numbers to make sure I had the right ones, and I did! And then the rest of the day, I&#8217;m just waiting to wake up from a dream.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxbusiness.com\/lifestyle\/unclaimed-winning-powerball-ticket-is-about-to-expire\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><u>UNCLAIMED WINNING POWERBALL TICKET WORTH $150,000 IS ABOUT TO EXPIRE<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"inline image-ct\">\n<div class=\"m\"><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxbusiness.com\/foxbusiness.com\/content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/931\/523\/powerball.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1\" alt=\"Powerball and Mega Millions lottery tickets are displayed on January 3, 2018 in San Anselmo, California.\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p><span>Powerball and Mega Millions lottery tickets are displayed on January 3, 2018 in San Anselmo, California.\u00a0<\/span><span> (\u00a0Justin Sullivan\/Getty Images \/ Getty Images)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Buster works as a prep chef at a Burlington, Iowa restaurant, and said that he&#8217;s going to use the lottery winnings to pay off his car and his mother&#8217;s mortgage, then put the rest in a retirement fund.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It will take away a lot of my stress in my life &#8212; no more of the financial worries,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/foxbusiness.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" id=\"LPlnkOWALinkPreview\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><u>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE ON FOX BUSINESS<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"inline image-ct\">\n<div class=\"m\"><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxbusiness.com\/foxbusiness.com\/content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/931\/523\/GettyImages-1297834343.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1\" alt=\"Mega Millions\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p><span>A customer purchases a Mega Millions lottery ticket at a 7-Eleven store in the Loop on January 22, 2021 in Chicago, Illinois.<\/span><span> ((Photo by Scott Olson\/Getty Images) \/ Getty Images)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>He came one number away from having a share of Friday&#8217;s $20 million jackpot, but missed the Mega Ball.<\/p>\n<p>After taxes, Buster will take home $710,000, according to the Iowa Lottery.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Taxes associated with Mega Millions An Iowa man says that a cashier&#8217;s &#8220;mistake&#8221; led to him winning $1 million in the Iowa Mega Millions lottery. 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