The Star Press

MUNCIE, Ind. – A Randolph County man won a top prize of $90,000 on a Hoosier Lottery Scratch-off.

Mark Meese, of Losantville, bought a Platinum Mine 9X ticket at the Village Pantry at 911 S. Tillotson Ave., then drove to work before scratching it off to reveal his prize earlier this month.

"I thought it was a $9,000 winner," said Meese, who passed it to one of his co-workers for a second look.

"No, dude, that's a $90,000 winner," his co-worker told him, according to a Hoosier Lottery release.

Meese, a bricklayer for a Yorktown company, continued with his work day. He also worked the entire following week before going to Hoosier Lottery headquarters in Indianapolis to claim his prize with his fiancée, Teresa.

The two have no major plans for spending the money, planning to put most of it into the bank for the winter, when bricklaying work slows down, Meese said.

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