Mass. man wins big lottery prize after stopping on way home from game to gas up car for his wife

NORTH ANDOVER, Mass. — A Massachusetts man won a big lottery prize when he stopped on his way home from a men’s league hockey game to gas up the car for his wife and decided to go inside to buy a scratch ticket.

Christian Kalil, or North Andover, won a $1 million prize on the “$1,000,000 Winning 7″ instant ticket game, according to the Massachusetts Lottery.

In a statement, the Lottery said, “Kalil was on his way to his men’s league hockey game when he stopped to get gas so that his wife would not have to do so in the morning. While there, he bought a bottle of water and his winning ticket. He chose the ticket because it was in dispenser number five and his son was born in the month of May.”