A North Carolina man collected a $1 million prize after a misplaced Powerball ticket turned up at the bottom of his wife's purse.
He turned the ticket over to his wife to check alongside some other lottery tickets, but the ticket ended up forgotten for a week.
"My wife found it in her pocketbook," Peace said. "I guess when she initially reached in to check the tickets she just missed that one."
The lost-and-found ticket matched all five white balls in the drawing, earning a $1 million prize.
"This is life-changing," he said. "How many people really win a million dollars?"Peace said the win is exciting, but not necessarily that surprising.
"I've always had good luck," he said. "I always told people, 'I know I have the luck to win.'"
"We just can't put into words how happy we are and how appreciative we are," Peace said.
