Nearly three months after buying a Megabucks lottery ticket and quickly forgetting about it, an Oregon man is a multimillionaire.

Wilbur Brown was at the Moose Lodge in Springfield, Oregon, on Christmas Eve, when a friend bought a "26 for $25" Megabucks ticket. As Brown's friend explained to him, the ticket allowed players to buy into 26 consecutive drawings for just $25. Brown decided to buy a ticket too, which granted him access drawings until February 19, 2022.

But after a few weeks, he forgot about the ticket.

"After the first few drawings, I'd check my ticket," Brown told theOregon Lottery. "Then I just kind of forgot about it and wasn't checking."

It wasn't until February that Brown once again found himself at the Moose Lodge. A server scanned his ticket and received the message "Large Lottery Winner." Brown and his friends consulted the internet to figure out exactly what this meant -- and found out he'd hit a $8.9 million jackpot.

Brown's lucky numbers were 15, 33, 34, 40, 42, and 47, according to the Oregon Lottery. He chose the 30-year annuity option for his winnings and will receive a check for slightly more than $200,000 after taxes each year until the prize is paid out.

The odds of winning the jackpot were just 1 in 6,135,756 the Oregon Lottery says on itswebsite.

The lodge where Brown bought his winning ticket also lucked out from his purchase. Thanks to Brown's win, the Moose Lodge will receive a retailer selling bonus of $89,000 -- 1 percent of the jackpot.

According to the lodge's manager, the win couldn't have come at a better time.

"The last couple of years have been a challenge for us," said Moose Lodge Manager Michael Scott,according to CNN affiliate KPIC. "The influence of receiving such a big chunk of change is huge! We'll be working with our members to figure out the best way to use the bonus money."(CNN:Excludes headline)