Arkansas lottery: 55-year-old wins $100,000 off $5 scratch-off ticket

Monte Deakins of Harrison, left, with his wife, Greta.
Monte Deakins of Harrison, left, with his wife, Greta.

An Arkansas man has won $100,000 off a $5 scratch-off ticket, officials said.

Monte Deakins, 55, bought the winning ticket at White Oak Station #2 in Harrison, according to a post on the Arkansas Scholarship Lottery's Facebook page.

The Harrison resident told lottery officials that he plans use his winnings to help his family.

Deakins was playing the $100,000 Jackpot game, the post states.

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