Camden man claims $680K Arkansas Scholarship Lottery prize
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – A Camden man now has 680,000 reasons to smile.
Arkansas Scholarship Lottery officials said the man claimed a $680,000 Natural State Jackpot prize at its claim center on Nov. 6. The man, who was not named in the news release, had purchased the ticket for the Nov. 5 drawing at a Camden retailer.
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He told lottery officials that he purchased the ticket with the winnings from a previous Natural State drawing using quick-pick numbers. He scanned his ticket the morning after the drawing and his Arkansas Lottery Club app told him to visit the Little Rock claim center.
He told officials he thought that was odd, since he had never seen that message before.
Lottery officials said the man told him that when he saw a fellow Camden resident claimed a $1 million prize in October, he wondered if the city could support a second big winner.
Can Powerball, Mega Millions jackpot winners stay anonymous in Arkansas?
Arkansas is one of the few states in the county that allows lottery winners to remain anonymous if their win is over $500,000. According to that law, after three years the anonymity is lifted.
