Joemel Panisa

That's what Joemel Panisa is saying now. Panisa lives in Oregon which has been hit by a tremendous amount of snow recently. As Morning Edition host Rachel Martin said, he was snowed in and killing time by cleaning out his home office when he happened upon an envelope. I know the suspense is killing you, right? Well Panisa opened the envelope and inside as an old lottery ticket. He bought it almost a year ago and completely forgot about it. Panisa remembered reports that there was an unclaimed ticket, but what were the odds? Well, they were in his favor. He quickly checked the numbers and then claimed his $1 million prize — just eight days before it expired.