Election night was particularly special for one lottery player in Southern California.
Michael Chavez found out he won $1.2 million in the California Lottery Mega Millions on Nov. 5, 2024, after a co-worker joked to him about winning the draw, reported NBC4 Los Angeles and The Sacramento Bee.
“I actually woke up in the middle of the night to check the election results to see who won for president, not Mega Millions,” Chavez told the California Lottery, per the outlets.
“I went back to bed without looking at my ticket,” he added.
The next morning, Chavez texted work to say he would not be coming in that day — and a co-worker jokingly responded that it was because he’d won the lottery, NBC4 Los Angeles reported.
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“He kidded me if the reason I wasn’t at work was because I had won the million,” Chavez reportedly said.
He added that his co-worker “even jokingly congratulated me” and sent him a screenshot of the Mega Millions results via text, per NBC4 Los Angeles.
Chavez finally decided to check his lottery ticket and then discovered that he’d matched five out of the six winning numbers — winning him a prize of $1,214,818, according to the outlet.
“I could not believe my eyes,” the lucky winner reportedly said. “I’m so excited and extremely grateful.”
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Chavez credited his co-worker for reminding him to check his winning lottery ticket, which he purchased at a Lake Liquor store in Lakewood, a 20-mile drive southeast from Los Angeles, per The Sacramento Bee.
The store received a bonus of over $6,000 for selling the winning ticket, KTLA reported.
“I’ll never forget election night or especially that text,” said Chavez, per NBC4 Los Angeles.
PEOPLE has contacted the California Lottery for comment.
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Have you ever had a co-worker joke that someone skipped work because they won the lottery? Well, that’s exactly what happened at our office last week – and it turns out, it was actually true!
We all laughed when our colleague, Steve, called out sick and someone joked that he must have won the lottery and was off living the high life. Little did we know, that was exactly the case.
A few days later, Steve showed up to work looking a little more relaxed than usual. When we asked him how his sick day was, he casually mentioned that he had actually won a substantial amount of money playing the lottery and decided to take a day off to process everything.
Needless to say, we were all shocked and amazed by the news. It just goes to show, you never know what surprises your co-workers might have up their sleeves. Who knows, maybe one of us will be the next lucky winner!
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