WAMEGO, Kan. -Christopher Gast of Wamego says he typically buys scratch off lottery tickets with his morning coffee on the way to work.
“I play about every day, but I’ve never won anything this big,” Gast said. “I’ve won $1,000 or other prizes here or there, but this was unexpected.”
His routine has led to not one, but two big wins in the past two weeks, totaling $11,000.
Gast says his first win was the $20 $100,000 Cash Party ticket almost two weeks ago, when he hit the second-tier prize in that game of $10,000.
“I bought the ticket and a coffee, and scratched it off there in the store. Right when I finished scratching it, I realized that it had to be a pretty big win,” said Gast. “Before I could leave, a co-worker popped into the store as well, and he saw how much I had won. Before I even got to work, everyone already knew!”
Gast says he had to wait almost two weeks before he could get a weekday off to come claim his prize, but in that time, he visited same store and won again. With his same routine, this time with a $1,000 win in the $20 $100,000 Cash game.
“Once again, I scratched the ticket off in the store and saw where I had won another prize that would have to be claimed in Topeka. It was good timing since I was already planning a trip up there for the first ticket!” Gast said.
Gast already has plans for what to do with his lucky winnings. “I collect coins, and I think I’m going to try and find some new coins to add to my collections,” he said. “After that, we are in need of a new air conditioner at the house. We’ve already got an estimate and we should be able to pay for all of it with the prize money, which is going to be super helpful.”
Chris's winning tickets were both sold at Short Stop 8 at 807 Highway 24 in Wamego.