The man from East Rochester slept through his alarm and missed work, according to a July 16 news release from the Ohio Lottery. The man went to buy an energy drink and picked up a $30 lottery ticket in Minerva. He won $500 and decided to buy a couple more tickets, the lottery said.

Stark County produced two big lottery wins in a span of 24 hours. Ohio Lottery winners purchased their winning tickets in the Stark County area, cashing in their prizes on July 17, according to a news release. One was a winner in the Bingo Times 50 scratch-off that scored $50,000, and the other was a Pick 5 drawing that won $25,417.

An Ohio man missed work after sleeping through his alarm — and ended up $50,000 richer thanks to a lucky stop.

I saw Ohio has a lot of winners and big top prizes,” she told lottery officials. “I said, ‘I’m going to hit big.’”

The three Cashwords tickets that she purchased were numbers 45, 46 and 47. Ticket 47 was the winner of the $300,000 top prize.

Powerball jackpot reaches $248 million after no winners on July 12, one Ohio winner got $50,000. A $2 million winner emerged in Wisconsin, and a $1 million prize was claimed in Texas. The next draw offers a cash option of $112.