Husband and wife who bought TWO winning lotto tickets within hours.... and will retire on the $1.5m

An Arkansas couple who set out for a day of fishing came home with quite the fish story: Two winning lottery tickets, including a $1 million prize.



The Arkansas Lottery Commission says Stephen and Terri Weaver were on a fishing trip when they stopped to buy the first ticket at T-Ricks convenience store in Pangburn, about 60 miles northeast of Little Rock.



They stopped at the same store on their way home and bought another ticket.

Winning: Stephen and Terri Weaver of Stuffgart both purchased winning scratch-off tickets, collecting $1,050,000 from the Arkansas Scholarship Lottery

The couple made the stops during their weekend trip to Greers Ferry Lake.



That first ticket turned out to be a $1 million winner. And the second one netted the couple another $50,000.

The lottery commission says the Weavers claimed their cash on Monday and that they plan to pay bills and invest in their retirement.

Days ago, a homeless man living at a rescue mission in Greenville, South Carolina had a similar stroke of luck after buying a winning lottery ticket.



The man, whose name was not released, won $200,000 after he bought a $10 scratch-off ticket.

The man told lottery officials he has lived in Greenville his entire life and used to work construction jobs but after hard times hit, he's been living at a rescue mission.

