By msnbc.com staff
A teenager in Scotland?who was told to clean?his room last month discovered more than just dirty socks: He found 12 lottery tickets, among them, a winner.
STV in Scotland reported that after his mother nagged him for weeks, Ryan Kitchin, of Penicuik, discovered the stub but didn?t know he had picked a lucky combination of five numbers and the bonus ball for the Feb. 8 draw.
"I was about to bin them but at the last minute I got this strange feeling that I should get them checked,? Kitchin, 19,?told the Telegraph?of London.
Instead, he brought the tickets to Tesco, the supermarket store where he works part time.
At work, a colleague checked the numbers and named him a winner --?although Kitchin couldn?t tell how much he was about to pocket. A call to the lottery operator Camelot revealed that he won ?52,981, or $83,781.
?I had to phone up Camelot and the woman was asking me lots of questions, and I just wanted her to get to the point,? he said, according to the Mirror.??When I gave her the last number of the serial code, she said I had won ?52,981. I just couldn't believe it.?
Kitchin?s plans? To pay off his car loan and take his mom on a much-needed vacation.
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