A Kentucky hunter said he almost fell out of his treetand when he realized he’d won the $1.1 million jackpot while playing an online lottery game to pass the time.

The man, who shared his story with WBRC 6 News anonymously, said he decided to wager $30 on the Kentucky Lottery’s Wolf Ridge Jackpots online game. He said his family had recently won several big online payouts, so he thought he’d try his luck.

“I’m in the deer stand, and I was sitting there and I thought, you know what, I’m going to try,” he said. “I got on there and I won $1,500, and I added another $200 to my account.”

He said his family was calling him while he was trying to play the game, which was causing him frustration.

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“It was making me mad because it was freezing up my phone from playing,” he said. “Then my son tries to call, I decline it. And then it was the next thing I hit. The sound is kind of a rumbling sound, and I cannot play anymore. I’m like there ain’t no way and that is echoing through the woods.”

In disbelief that he’d won, the man said he called his wife to confirm his winnings.

“I thought he was calling to tell me he had gotten a big buck,” she said.

He sent her a picture of the win and that’s when they realized he’d actually won the jackpot.

“I couldn’t believe it. We are both crying and stressing out,” he said. “I probably would have fallen out of the deer stand that drops down 30, 40 feet into a holler.”

The couple traveled three hours to claim their prize, which totaled $794,500.22 after taxes.

They said they plan to use the money to pay off debt, buy a new home with land and give some to their family.

“It’s pretty awesome,” he said. “I can tell you that right now. I mean, you go sit out in the woods and then all of a sudden you look down and like I told her, I said, it took me 50 years to become a millionaire all at once.”