On November 24, 2025, a customer walked into the Circle K store at 56th Street and Bell Road in Scottsdale, Arizona. The customer asked for about $85 worth of tickets for the state’s “The Pick” lottery, and the clerk printed them. However, the customer only had $60 in cash, so they left the store leaving about 25 tickets worth roughly $25 near the register and printer.
Then things shifted gears.
That night, “The Pick” drawing produced six winning numbers: 3, 13, 14, 15, 19 and 26. You guessed it: one of those tickets the customer left behind matched every number, creating a $12.8 million jackpot. Reports say that’s the game’s largest prize since 2019 and one of its biggest ever…