A Coeur d'Alene man recently found time between his work shifts to claim his $100,000 scratcher in Boise.

For Bryan Stern, getting a day off is as rare as finding a big winning scratch ticket from the Idaho Lottery, but then Tuesday morning came - both happened for him.

Stern found himself in the lobby at the Idaho Lottery offices in Boise holding a $100,000 winning ticket on the game Coconut Cashword.

“I haven’t had a day off in about two months,” said Stern who is a manager at a Mobil Store in Coeur d’Alene. “I got the ticket and knew it won almost a week ago. Trying to get the time off to get here has been hard.”

After working a shift into the early afternoon on Monday, Stern left Coeur d’Alene with his mother and made the long drive to Boise to collect his winnings.

The pair stopped briefly outside of Pendleton and remained undeterred when an early winter snowstorm caused traffic delays for them in the Blue Mountains. After a 12 hour trip in snowy conditions, they arrived in Boise, got 6 hours of sleep before visiting the Lottery offices to claim Stern’s winnings.

“I’ve got to squeeze this in between work shifts,” Stern admitted. “We’re headed straight back to Coeur d’Alene and I’ve got to be to work by 5 pm tonight.”

According to the Idaho Lottery Stern was very excited when he claimed his winnings exclaiming, "Wow! Wow! Wow!"

Stern purchased his winning ticket from the Mobil Store in Hayden. He plans to buy a new truck for himself, help family, and save his winnings. The Mobil Store in Hayden will receive a $10,000 bonus from the Idaho Lottery.

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