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A father's car wash trip turned into a huge Powerball win

The dad ended up winning a $1,000,004 prize, which he picked up from lottery officials alongside his wife and their three adult children

“A few years from now, we hope we’re all less stressed and just happy," the man said

A little trip to the car wash yielded a big lottery prize — and the winner's wife immediately knew how she wanted to spend some of it!

A father of five from Chicago, who chose to remain anonymous, told Illinois Lottery officials that it all started when he went to get his car washed "and decided to play the lottery at a new place."

There he decided to try his luck playing Powerball because he "wanted to play for the most money.”

The man ended up matching all five numbers in the Aug. 9 Powerbal

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