The California Lottery has produced many big winners but do you think Eric Rubenstein was thinking about that when he walked into a Santa Monica CVS to get an Advil? Usually, the unemployed man spent his mornings at Starbucks searching for jobs, but the late start caused by the pounding pain in his head, saw him get to Starbucks later than usual. Finding his normal digs packed, he detoured to another location, stopping to get an aspirin and, what the hell, a scratch-off ticket in the $5,000,000 Platinum Payout scratcher.

What the hell, indeed! This detour changed his life. You guessed it, he hit the BIG ONE, a whopping $5 million that will pay him $200,000 per year for 25 years.

I think on his next trip to Starbucks he simply enjoyed his morning coffee and skipped the job hunting. I bet he was shopping for a new house and a tropical vacation instead. Best headache Eric Rubenstein ever had! Question: Do you think he remembered to take the Advil?