Thanks to the Arizona Lottery, the state has two new millionaires today.

Erik and Crystal Brown of Flagstaff were the lucky winners of the $13.5 million The Pick jackpot, one of the top 10 largest payouts for that game. The largest jackpot was $23.2 million in March 1993.

The Browns regularly play The Pick, and said they usually purchase more tickets when the jackpot is big. On Wednesday night, Crystal purchased $40 worth of The Pick tickets with computer-picked numbers at the Flagstaff One Stop. The second ticket Erik checked Thursday morning was the big winner.”The first ticket I checked won us $3, which I was happy about,” Erik said. “But the second ticket made me even happier.”

Erik called the Lottery’s toll free line to check the numbers at 5:30 a.m., and once he found out they won, he and Crystal double-checked the hotline and the Web site, then headed down to Phoenix to claim their prize.

azcentral.com