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Recently, Reynolds pulled out his phone and was working his way through a stack of tickets that had been building up over the month, New Jersey Lottery officials said.
“I scanned the Jersey Cash 5 tickets one by one. Not a winner, not a winner, $2, not a winner, $100,000 jackpot, not a winner... wait what?” he said.
With excitement and uncertainty, Reynolds repeatedly scanned the jackpot-winning ticket expecting the message to change.
“I immediately called my wife to tell her that I think we won the jackpot. She couldn’t believe it either," he said.
To triple-check the ticket, Reynolds took the unassuming slip of paper to the liquor store where his son works to scan it again.
As his son scanned the handful of tickets, Reynolds made a tongue-in-cheek remark about what would happen if he had won the jackpot.
When his son scanned the winning ticket, he was also shocked and couldn’t believe the prize.
Reynolds’s wife shouted, “We won $100,000?!” drawing the attention of the whole store.
Craig Reynolds battled with cancer and a mobility-restricting stroke last year, according to state Lottery officials.
He is happy to announce that the cancer is in remission, he has regained full mobility, and he shares his story with other veterans as they help each other through life’s challenges, Lottery officials said.
The lucky ticket was purchased for the April 7 Jersey Cash 5 drawing at Quick Mart, 328 Whitehorse Pike, Clementon in Camden County. The winning numbers were 8, 13, 18, 27, and 42.
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