PUEBLO - Adam Reichert 20 of Colorado Springs has 3.4 million reasons to be thankful today. Thats because he was the only person to match all six numbers in Wednesday nights $3.4 million Lotto drawing. The winning combination was 8-10-13-23-34-41.
My mom is the reason I won¯ said Reichert. Im usually a pretty lucky guy. A couple of weeks ago I won tickets on the radio for a Broncos game. I just never thought of playing the Lottery. Thats why my mom kept bugging me to buy some tickets so I finally gave in and went across the street and bought a Powerball ticket and a Lotto ticket. I guess it goes to show that you only need to buy one ticket to win but you cant win if you dont play.¯
The winning Quick Pick ticket was purchased at the Loaf N Jug convenience store at 4335 Airport Road in Colorado Springs. Reichert chose the Annuity Option and received his first check for $88145 ($62584 after tax withholding). The final payment in 2028 will be worth $203268 ($144321).
I havent really had a lot of time to decide what to do with the money¯ said Reichert. I will definitely share some of the winnings with my family. I would also like to help some of those less fortunate than me. Maybe I will sponsor some kids who are down on their luck.¯
Reichert told Lottery officials that he crashed his motorcycle a couple of weeks ago and that this will allow him to get that fixed. He also said he might join the Navy something he has recently been thinking about doing.