Lotto winner reveals the four-letter word you will see if you’ve won – and it might not be immediately clear
A LOTTO winner has sounded the alarm about a four-letter word scratch-off players should look out for.
Idaho resident Timothy Shearer, who was taking a break from playing the lottery, decided to take one final stab at it just "for fun".
Initially, Shearer was out looking to buy a hot dog - instead, he walked into a smoke shop in Coeur D’Alene and purchased two scratch tickets.
According to Idaho Lottery, after scratching the tickets, Shearer checked them at the machine, but no amount appeared on the scene.
Instead, there was just a four-letter word that read, "Wooh".
Confused, believing the machine was broken, Shearer raised the issue to the clerk and received a surprising response.
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The clerk told him "he needs to go to Boise to claim his prize," lottery officials said.
To his delight, officials told him he won $10,000, "he was elated," Idaho Lottery said.
Shearer, who lives in a hotel with his 15-year-old granddaughter and his partner, says he will use his winnings to move out to somewhere closer to where his granddaughter would like to attend school.
"All of her friends are there, and I just want to see her happy," Shearer said.
He also said he'd use some of the earnings to fix his truck.
