An 18-year-old has won $1 million from the California Scratchers Lottery thanks to a birthday gift from his grandmother.
Kaleb Heng was surprised with a $1 million dollar Scratchers ticket for his birthday from his grandma the day it was legal for him to partake in the California lottery.
“My mom was driving me to go fishing, and on the way, I scratched it. We had to pull over. It was a million dollars, and I didn’t even have an ID yet,” Heng shared with the California Lottery.
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“We turned around and went home because I had to get an ID before I could even claim the ticket.”
The winning Scratchers ticket, entitled “The Perfect Gift,” was purchased from Oasis Market located in Turlock, California, according to the California Lottery press release.
“I’m pretty stoked! I certainly wasn’t expecting it,” Heng commented, the press release also shared.
The $1 million prize was seen on the third row of Heng’s winning ticket.
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Heng is planning to use his earnings “toward his college education” and to “invest in his future,” the California Lottery reported.
The California Lottery’s mission is to provide additional funding to education for California public schools, kindergarten and grades 1-12, community colleges and other California universities, the lottery’s recent press release noted.
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The lottery transferred nearly $2 billion toward California public education in the 2021-2022 fiscal year, according to the media release.
That same fiscal year, the California Lottery brought in $8.8 billion in sales.
It said that over 95% of the funds go back to the “community in the form of prize payments, retailer commissions and bonuses, and contributions to education.”