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Yahoo
29-01-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
He was worried about who won the election. Meanwhile, he won the lottery
It was the night of the presidential election, and the results were slow in arriving. The contest weighed on Michael Chavez's mind so much that it interrupted his sleep. "I actually woke up in the middle of the night to check the election results to see who won for president," Chavez said, according to the California Lottery. Instead of the presidential ticket, he should have been focused on his lottery ticket. But Chavez didn't check what the winning lottery numbers were until the morning, when he received a humorous text from a co-worker. Chavez said he had forgotten to tell staff that he wouldn't be at work. The employee sent a screenshot of the Mega Millions results and the location in Lakewood where a winning ticket was sold. "Is that why you not here yet boss lol," the text read. Chavez matched five out of six numbers in the Nov. 5, 2024, draw. 'I could not believe my eyes,' he said. "I'll never forget election night or especially that text.' He bought his ticket, worth more than $1.2 million, from Lake Liquor in Lakewood, which will receive $6,000 for selling Chavez his ticket. In April, the price of a Mega Millions ticket is set to rise from $2 to $5. It will also become — ever so slightly — easier to win. The odds of winning, according to a lottery official, will go from 1 in 302.6 million to around those for winning at Powerball, which are 1 in 292.2 million. Sign up for Essential California for news, features and recommendations from the L.A. Times and beyond in your inbox six days a week. This story originally appeared in Los Angeles Times.
Los Angeles Times
29-01-2025
- Business
- Los Angeles Times
He was worried about who won the election. Meanwhile, he won the lottery
It was the night of the presidential election, and the results were slow in arriving. The contest weighed on Michael Chavez's mind so much that it interrupted his sleep. 'I actually woke up in the middle of the night to check the election results to see who won for president,' Chavez said, according to the California Lottery. Instead of the presidential ticket, he should have been focused on his lottery ticket. But Chavez didn't check what the winning lottery numbers were until the morning, when he received a humorous text from a co-worker. Chavez said he had forgotten to tell staff that he wouldn't be at work. The employee sent a screenshot of the Mega Millions results and the location in Lakewood where a winning ticket was sold. 'Is that why you not here yet boss lol,' the text read. Chavez matched five out of six numbers in the Nov. 5, 2024, draw. 'I could not believe my eyes,' he said. 'I'll never forget election night or especially that text.' He bought his ticket, worth more than $1.2 million, from Lake Liquor in Lakewood, which will receive $6,000 for selling Chavez his ticket. In April, the price of a Mega Millions ticket is set to rise from $2 to $5. It will also become — ever so slightly — easier to win. The odds of winning, according to a lottery official, will go from 1 in 302.6 million to around those for winning at Powerball, which are 1 in 292.2 million.
Yahoo
29-01-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Coworker's joking text makes California man realize his $1.2 million lottery win
The California Lottery announced Tuesday that a Mega Millions player only realized he bought a winning ticket in Los Angeles County when he got a text from his coworker, asking if he wasn't at work due to winning the lottery. Officials said that the winner, Michael Chavez, had been more interested in the presidential race on Nov. 5, 2024, than the results of the drawing that night. 'I actually woke up in the middle of the night to check the election results to see who won for president, not Mega Millions,' said Chavez. 'I went back to bed without looking at my ticket.' According to the organization, Chavez bought a ticket at Lake Liquor, a store in Lakewood, and didn't look at it until he got the following text from his coworker: 'He kidded me if the reason I wasn't at work was because I had won the million,' Chavez told representatives with the California Lottery. 'He even jokingly congratulated me.' Sure enough, Chavez took a look at his ticket and saw that he was the one who matched five of the six winning numbers from that draw. 'I could not believe my eyes,' said Chavez, Chavez said had it not been for his coworker's text, he didn't know how long it would have been before he realized he'd won $1,214,818. In addition, officials said Lake Liquor collected a more than $6,000 bonus for selling the winning ticket. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
