By Sky News US Team
A retired school principal has won a $326m (£216m) Mega Millions jackpot, the biggest prize in New York Lottery history.
Harold Diamond, 80, credits his luck to his wife, Carol, a retired high school math teacher, who urged him to stop at the gas station due to bad weather on their drive to dinner.
Mr Diamond noticed the flashing Mega Millions sign and decided to spend $10 for 10 sets of Quick Pick numbers.
"I put the ticket in my wallet and forgot about it," the new millionaire said in a statement released by New York Lottery.
"I went to play golf the next day and the guys in the clubhouse were talking about the jackpot-winning ticket someone bought at a Valero on Route 302, and I thought, wait a minute - I bought a ticket there last night!"
Mr Diamond, of Wurtsboro, New York, a village about 80 miles (129km) northwest of New York City, dashed home, checked his tickets and found he had the winner.
"I was in a dither, a real daze," said Mr Diamond, who retired as school principal in 1995.
Mr Diamond, whose win dates to a drawing on 4 November, waited to cash in his ticket until after 1 January for tax reasons.
He opted to take a single lump sum payment, which comes to about $130m (£86m) after taxes.
Plans for the money include helping family and "giving back to the local community", Mr Diamond said.
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