Talk about raising serious dough.
A retired veteran in California to extremely lucky when he bought a scratch off lottery ticket to break a $100 bill to tip his pizza order.
McKinley Nelson, 72, of Winters, recently picked up a pizza for his wife at Round Table but needed change from his large bill to leave a cash tip. Nelson, who said he’s played the California Lottery since its inception 40 years ago, went next door to Winters Wine & Liquor, bought the ticket, then picked up his order.
“I had a $100 bill. So, I got two tickets,” Nelson told lottery officials. “I think it was $20, and I went to the truck and started scratching.”
“I think this one’s a million, but I’m not sure,” Nelson said he told his wife about a Loteria Grande scratcher.
The cheesy remark turned out to be correct, and Nelson is now $1 million richer.
“So, my wife almost had a heart attack,” Nelson told lottery officials about her reaction. “And then we had to go in and buy the pizza. It was all because of her, she’s the one that likes the pizza.”
Nelson said he plans to use the winnings to pay off his home, save a little, and buy a camper van for a road trip with his wife so that they can visit both their families.
