Homeless man wins $1M jackpot from California lottery scratch-off: ‘Man, I’m not homeless anymore!’

A bum man successful California received a “life-changing” sum of money, to nan tune of $1 million, aft hitting nan jackpot connected a scratch-off ticket, earlier proudly exclaiming, “Man, I’m not bum anymore!”

The fortunate winner, who has not been publically identified, bought nan summons from Sandy’s Deli-Liquor successful San Luis Obispo, wherever he has been a longtime customer, Sandy’s head Wilson Samaan told KSBY.

“He came to nan store, he scratched it and is like, ‘Oh, my god. Is that real? Wilson tin you travel and return a look?'” Samaan said. “I’m like, ‘Let maine see,’ truthful I grabbed nan summons retired of his manus and went to nan instrumentality complete there.”

“He’s like, ‘Man, I’m not bum anymore!’ I’m like, ‘Man, you deed nan jackpot.’ He’s like, ‘$100,000’ and I’m like, ‘No, bro. That’s $1 million. Congrats brother,’ so, and we gave each different a precocious five,” Samaan said.

Samaan past drove nan winner, who does not person a car, to Fresno truthful he could move successful nan ticket.

“He’s like, ‘Do I want to nonstop it successful nan mail?’ And I told him, ‘That’s a million-dollar ticket. No, I will thrust you,'” he said.

A spokesperson from nan CA State Lottery said a fewer things person to hap earlier nan money tin beryllium awarded.

“With a million-dollar summons for illustration this, nan personification who comes guardant tin expect a very thorough vetting process,” spokesperson Carolyn Becker told nan outlet. “As you tin imagine, we springiness distant a batch of prize money astatine nan CA lottery, and we are happy to do it, but we want to make judge we are giving it to nan correct person.”

The vetting process tin return a fewer weeks to months because nan lottery processes complete 10,000 winning claims a month, Becker said.

The victor said he hopes to usage nan “life-changing” magnitude of money to make a down costs connected a location on California’s Central Coast and get a car, earlier investing and redeeming nan rest.