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New Millionaire: Redding Man Emerges As $1M Lottery Winner Days Before Ticket Was Due To Expire
A Redding man claimed his $1 million lottery winnings on Wednesday, just 23 days before the ticket was set to expire.
Fortunately, Charles Dudley of Redding came upon the winning ticket just in time to claim the $1,000,000 prize.
Purchased on May 2 in Wilton, Dudley didn't even realize the clock was ticking on his winnings until he discovered the ticket while cleaning out his wallet, lottery officials said,
"I had stopped for ice cream at the [Georgetown] Shell station that day," Dudley told Lottery officials. "While I was there, I got a Powerball Quick Pick, put it in my wa…
