For one Arkansas resident, a surprise lottery win was the key to accomplishing a longtime goal.

Jacob Yates of Craighead County won $50,000 playing $50,000 Frenzy, a $20 instant game. He claimed his prize at the Arkansas Scholarship Lottery Claim Center on Nov. 12.

The winning ticket was purchased at Jordan’s Kwik Stop #69, located at 4365 W. Keiser in Osceola.

Jacob bought the winning ticket shortly after work. A monthly lottery player, he had initially stopped by the retailer for gas when he decided to take a chance on an instant ticket. He had been monitoring the recent ticket releases and knew that $50,000 Frenzy still had several top prizes remaining.

Jacob usually purchases more than one lottery ticket at a time to increase his chances of winning a prize, and this time was no different. With four $50,000 Frenzy scratch-offs in tow, Jacob began scratching his tickets in the retailer’s parking lot.

To his surprise, one of the tickets held a $10,000 prize and two $20,000 prizes, for a grand total of $50,000.

“I thought I had only won $10,000 at first,” he told lottery officials.

Excited, he called his parents to share the good news. The pair was equally stunned, then congratulatory. The $50,000 prize will allow Jacob to finally relocate to be with his daughters.

Twenty-one $50,000 top prizes remain on $50,000 Frenzy.

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About the Arkansas Scholarship Lottery
The Arkansas Scholarship Lottery (ASL) creates winning people, winning futures, and winning moments. Since 2009, the ASL has sold over $8 billion and returned more than $1.5 billion for scholarships to benefit Arkansas students. More than 822,000 college scholarships distributed by the Arkansas Department of Higher Education have been awarded to Arkansans. The lottery has awarded more than $5.6 billion in prizes to players, more than $465 million in retailer commissions, and provided more than $189 million in state and federal tax revenue.

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