Million Dollar ticket at Maverik
Soda only has few gas stations, but one can be enough!
It was reported over the weekend that Soda Springs resident Mitch Peterson had been the winner of a 1 million dollar jackpot from a $50 lottery scratch ticket.
The ticket was purchased in early January, and not a completely under the radar secret, though it was not official until it had been verified by lottery officials.
“People were definitely talking about it,” store manager Kevin Sorensen said. “And a lot of people definitely came in to get scratch tickets after it got out.”
Sorensen himself was contacted by Maverik representatives later in January, and in the meantime he has observed nothing by good will and kind words for the winners.
Mitch and Tasha Peterson are reportedly not particularly frequent lottery ticket buyers, which makes the win especially out of the blue. While the Powerball and Megamillions Jackpots tend to lead to spikes in ticket sales, the odds against winning one of them is astronomical. The odds of winning a million dollar scratch prize are not quite as long, but still an amazingly
rare feat.
Congratulations to the Petersons, and may their luck continue to be amazing whatever they have in mind for the future!
