A Very Merry Christmas for Riverside County Lottery Player
Kathleen Chavez rarely plays the lottery, so when her son insisted she plop down $10 on a California Black Exclusive Scratchers® ticket, she was a bit hesitant. As a retired accountant on a fixed budget, spending $10 on a Scratchers ticket was the furthest thing from her mind, but her son insisted, and after all it was Christmas of all days. Well call it fate, luck or a Christmas miracle, Kathleen gave in and purchased the ticket which turned out to be a $1 million top prize winner!
Kathleen told us she didn’t actually believe she had won until she took the ticket to the California Lottery’s Inland Empire District Office to have it scanned. After the ticket was verified, Kathleen told us she had to take a moment to sit back and let it all sink in. We asked Kathleen what she planned on doing with her winnings, and she said that she would invest most of it, but that she would also give some to her son who talked her into buying the lucky ticket.