Pa. Shop Owner Sells Himself $1.8M Lotto Ticket

A western Pennsylvania shop owner sold himself a $1.8M Pennsylvania lottery ticket and will get an extra $10,000 as the seller of the ticket.

Ron Rea owns Tobacco World stores in Uniontown and Belle Vernon and bought the winning ticket for the Nov. 18 Match 6 Lotto drawing at the Belle Vernon outlet.

Rea says he doesn't play the lottery's Daily Number, but spends about $20 a day on tickets for games with higher odds, telling the Herald-Standard of Uniontown that's because, "If you hit, your life's changed."

Rea's ticket was worth $1,782,432. A lottery spokeswoman confirmed Rea's claim to the winning ticket.

Rea is 68 and says the winnings will help he and his wife of 38 years, Rita, build their retirement funds.


Ron Rea owns Tobacco World stores in Uniontown and Belle Vernon and bought the winning ticket for the Nov. 18 Match 6 Lotto drawing at the Belle Vernon outlet.

Rea says he doesn't play the lottery's Daily Number, but spends about $20 a day on tickets for games with higher odds, telling the Herald-Standard of Uniontown that's because, "If you hit, your life's changed."

Rea's ticket was worth $1,782,432. A lottery spokeswoman confirmed Rea's claim to the winning ticket.

Rea is 68 and says the winnings will help he and his wife of 38 years, Rita, build their retirement funds.

[dopey9602]

Do they have any one to proof what they post???? Why is the story doubled? I believe it should be him and not he. In this day and age its pretty sad to read a story that has so many errors in it. Get with it CBS.

[zzflip]

It is really sad, especially when most computers have spellcheck. Doubled to FILL SPACE to bad.

[farmerbb]

So let me see if I have this straight.....lottery wins are taxed at something like 50%, right ? So a person who is momentarily rich get hit with the maximum possible tax. But someone who is repeatedly rich, earning the same kind of money, year after year, he deserves to pay much less tax ? Do I have this right ? Hmm. Whoever planned this setup must have been not like the rest of us, who dream occasionally of winning big like this. The planner of the current setup must be someone who regularly gets a huge income, and figures he should keep almost all of it, while some average joe needs to have most of it taxed away. Oooookay. Time for a change.

[JoeAmerica]

Does anyone ever proof these stories....most of the copy is Doubled-Doubled
It fills the page, but CBS come on guys...hire an old Newpaper editor or something...not the first time I have seen you do this

[barbaram99]

Yep..Charity begins at home first before it is given abroad..Congrats..

[tsigili]

The issue is whether this was purchased honestly, now isn't it?

[newtoday]

Did no one else see the the piece on TV about the clerks who cheated the lottery players by telling them their tickets were not winners when they were? I Hope this is not one of those situations.

[desertpro]

true but if he does buy tickets every day they will showup on his sales record and if the numbers show in sequence that the ticket was part of twenty. That would certainly back his story. Also just because some people do something does not mean everyone does.

[ge556]

"Rea is 68 and says the winnings will help he and his wife of 38 years, Rita, build their retirement funds."

This reporter needs a grammar lesson.

[ge556]

The winnings will help him....

[Lawyers-Guns-n-Money06]

Ron Rea owns Tobacco World stores in Uniontown...

Ron Rea owns Tobacco World stores in Uniontown...
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So good they had to say it twice.

Good job CBS :)