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If you're going to win, you should at least do it with style. And the bigger the win, the more style you need, right? That's where Tommy Neal from Hailey, Idaho comes in.

He showed up in the Lottery offices on Tuesday about lunch time, holding a $50,000 winning Double Diamond Cashword scratch ticket, and wearing a BIG, RED, top hat. And groovy glasses to accessorize. He was ready for a party ÔÇô his own party!

"I had been playing and playing, and found myself up $50. And I said I was done with this game. Just done," described Neal. "Then I was at the store getting some groceries with my winnings and I passed the vending machine. They had the game and I thought, okay, maybe just one more."

That one more ticket turned into Tommy's $50,000 winner, sold from Atkinsons' Market in Hailey.

"I played the ticket while I was on the phone talking with my dad. And I said to him, 'Pops, I think I won a good one on a scratcher.' And he said, 'Like how good?' and I said, 'Like 50 good.' And then I told him I'd call him back," explained Neal. "He's the only one who knows, well, until now."

When asked what he was going to do with his winnings, Neal simply replied with a cool, easy smile, "Put it somewhere and I forget I have it. Just let it do its thing." And then he added with a little thought, "Oh I might take a little of it, just a little, and do some celebrating!

Celebrate on, Tommy, celebrate on. And keep the style!