A Breaux Bridge man is $200,000 richer after picking up a few scratch-off tickets during his lunch break.

James Faulk is a Lafayette native who says he was shocked when he scratched off a winning Diamond 10's ticket from a local gas station in Breaux Bridge.

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Faulk bought his tickets from the Murphy (#7509) gas station in Breaux Bridge—and while the first ticket he bought was a dud, the second ticket scored him a cool $200k.

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According to the Louisiana Lottery website, the Diamond 10's scratch-off ticket costs $10 and the goal is to match any of your numbers to any of the winning numbers to win the prize shown.

WIN UP TO $200,000!
Match any of YOUR NUMBERS to any of the WINNING NUMBERS, win prize shown for that number. Reveal a (MONEYBAG) symbol, win DOUBLE the prize shown! Reveal a (MONEYSTACK) symbol, win TRIPLE the prize shown!
WIN UP TO 20 TIMES!

As far as the odds go, Faulk had a 1 in 391,365 chance to win the grand prize.

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Faulk says he plans to divide his winnings between family, savings, and a new home that he was already in the process of financing.

We were in the process of financing a house, but now we don’t have to! I’m happy about our new home.

Congrats to the Faulk family and if you needed a sign to buy that Louisiana Lottery ticket today, this is it.

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