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August 14, 2021
The largest jackpot ticket sold in Fort Wayne: The biggest jackpot ever attached to a Fort Wayne cash register was not won by a Fort Wayne resident at all, and the record is careful about it. In the Hoosier Lotto drawing of Saturday, August 14, 2021, one ticket matched all six numbers — 8, 18, 27, 31, 36, 42 — for a $15.8 million jackpot. The ticket was sold at Lassus Bros. Oil #32, 12010 U.S. Highway 24 West, on Fort Wayne's southwest side. The winner was Craig Jones of Plainfield, a semi-truck driver of more than twenty-five years who had stopped at the store along his route to redeem a free Hoosier Lotto ticket won on an earlier play — the free ticket was the one that hit. He carried it for two days before he understood what he had, claimed at headquarters on August 20, 2021, and took the one-time cash payout of $9.8 million. He said he would keep his side job mowing grass. Fort Wayne's part in the largest jackpot in its lottery record is the store, the stop, and the free ticket; the money went home to Plainfield.
Sources:
- Hoosier Lottery news release, "Plainfield man claims $15.8 million Hoosier Lotto jackpot" (August 20, 2021) — the drawing, the store, the free ticket, and the $9.8 million cash payout.
- Lottery Post, "Indiana man will continue cutting grass after $15.8 million Hoosier Lotto win" (August 23, 2021), from WANE-TV reporting — the two days, the scanning, and the mowing.