The guy who lost his winning million dollar lottery ticket

Mechanic didn't realize he had won until he saw himself on the news.



Damn. Meet the guy who lost a million bucks. In Southern California, a man who bought a winning lottery ticket was unable to claim his $1 million Powerball prize because he couldn't find the friggin' ticket.

Man Who Says He Couldn't Find His Winning $1M Powerball Ticket Tells His Story

Hung Nguyen, a mechanic at an El Monte repair shop, bought the ticket six months ago. His winning ticket, worth $1,098,624, matched all the numbers except the Powerball number. However, he didn't realize he had won until months after the drawing, when he returned from a trip to Vietnam and saw himself on the news.

Lottery winner finally comes forward to claim jackpot

Delivery driver Steve Tran didn't realize he was holding the winning ticket

Daaaaaaamn. There's going to be one hell of a party in San Jose... In Northern California, nearly two weeks after the winning numbers were announced, the co-winner of the second-largest jackpot in U.S. history has come forward. Why the delay? I'd be booking it to claim my prize. He apparently didn't realize he had won!

Mega Millions: Late discovery leads to delivery driver claiming $324 million lottery prize

There's been a lot of suspense around the $324 million winning ticket, purchased at a gift shop in East San Jose. On Thursday, three days after he realized he had the ticket, delivery driver Steve Tran stepped forward to claim his half of the jackpot. That's a $173.8 million, before taxes.

Tran apparently had a pile of unchecked lottery tickets that he had forgotten about. He even watched the news and wondered along with everyone about who the hell the lucky winner was. The realization that he might have won hit him like a bolt of lightning in the middle of the night: