Moody Min-Pin Leads to Idaho Powerball Lottery Win
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A bunch of University of Utah workers will split $1 million in lottery winnings thanks to an ornery little dog named Stella and a set of keys left in a truck.
Miniature Pinscher (Stock Photo)
After playing the same set of numbers every month for thirteen years in the Idaho lottery, the group of 33 heating and cooling workers who keep university buildings running hit pay dirt when one of them, Steve Hughes, left his truck running to keep his dog Stella warm while he went inside to a gas station near Lava Hot Springs, Idaho, on Jan. 6. His home state, Utah, has no lottery.
When he returned to his truck, his miniature pinscher had locked him out by putting her paw on the manual lock. Hughes, 29, had actually planned to buy the ticket somewhere else entirely, but instead, to save time, he had his girlfriend buy it there while he tried to jimmy the door.
He eventually cajoled and coaxed a barking Stella to put her paws on the electronic window button in the back seat, allowing Hughes to get in the car. What seemed like an annoying delay that day turned out to be most serendipitous when the group discovered Wednesday night that they had won second prize in the Idaho Powerball. Hughes and his supervisor say they will each get about $20,000 after taxes, or as Hughes said, “A nice little bonus during the year.”
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Dale Fisk
February 10, 2013 at 8:47 am
Great story. I should be so lucky.
Jess
February 10, 2013 at 5:28 pm
See this little dog. Looks exactly like my little min pin Pixie but she would not get out of her harness in the car to help me out. She would look out the window and smile that little doggy smile to torment me and make nose art on the window. Yes it is not doggy drool happens on the windows in my car, according to my little niece, it is the dog wanting to express herself by making nose and tongue art. Nope, not even kidding with that last part.