A 45-year-old tourist from Ohio won a whopping $1 million after making a pit stop at a gas station during his visit to Florida, Lottery officials announced Wednesday.

Solomon Garens, of Munroe Falls, Ohio, chose to receive his winnings as a one-time, lump-sum payment of $795,000.

Garens says he purchased his winning ticket at a RaceTrac gas station during his 17-hour road trip to Florida from his hometown.

“I was exhausted. We had promised the kids we would visit family in Florida before summer ended,” he said.

Garens’ wife joked that she had asked her husband to make a pit stop to grab some water a couple hours before he finally decided to take a rest.

He eventually stopped to pump gas at a RaceTrac in Palm Coast, bought his wife a water and decided to also purchase a scratch-off ticket.

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