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Local Man Finds Out He Won The Lottery By Joke Text From Co-Worker

Michael Chavez discovered he had won $1.2 million following a reminder text from his co-worker.

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A text from a co-worker reminded a man to check his lottery ticket. He then won $1.2M.

A text from a co-worker teasing Michael Chavez about winning the lottery led him to check his ticket. And he actually had won.

Los Angeles Times

Patrick Soon-Shiong

Los Angeles

Los Angeles County

California

He was worried about who won the election. Meanwhile, he won the lottery

“I couldn't believe it,” the woman tells Veikkaus.

– En voinut uskoa sitä, nainen kertoo Veikkaukselle.

Nainen huomasi satojen tuhansien arpavoiton vasta viikkojen jälkeen

Ilta-Sanomat

Sanoma

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Woman only discovered her lottery win of hundreds of thousands weeks later

Charles Hale

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 elec…

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Coworker’s joking text makes California man realize his $1.2 million lottery win

A Southern California man realized he won $1.2 million in the California Lottery Mega Millions after a coworker jokingly texted him about winning.

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‘I couldn't believe my eyes': Coworker's text tipped Mega Millions player to realize he won $1.2 million

A LUCKY lottery player has revealed how he unknowingly sat on a winning Mega Millions ticket worth over a million dollars. It was only after receiving a text from his coworker that Michael Chavez realized he was the owner of a winning lottery ticket. AFPMichael Chavez bought the winning ticket at a liquor store in Lakewood, California[/caption]
California LotteryThe lucky lottery player realized he possessed the winning ticket after receiving a …

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Man learns he won $1.2m jackpot via text - he skipped work then got big surprise

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 w…

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Michael Chávez received a text message from a co-worker asking him if his absence from work was for winning the Mega Millions lottery.

Michael Chávez recibió un mensaje de texto de un compañero de trabajo que le preguntaba si su ausencia en el trabajo era por ganar en la lotería Mega Millions

Hispano de California se enteró de que ganó $1.2 millones en lotería por mensaje de broma - La Opinión

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California Hispanic learned that he won $1.2 million in lottery by prank message - La Opinión

A man from Southern California realized that he had won $1.2 million in the California Lottery Mega Millions after a co-worker texted him jokingly that he had won the lottery. Michael Chávez said it all happened the night of the elections, on November 5, which was also the jackpot draw of $303 million. “In fact, I woke up during the night to see the election results and see who had won for president, not the Mega Millions,” Chávez told the Calif…

Un hombre del sur de California se dio cuenta de que había ganado 1,2 millones de dólares en el Mega Millions de la Lotería de California después de que un compañero de trabajo le enviara un mensaje de texto bromeando de que había ganado la lotería. Michael Chávez dijo que todo sucedió la noche de las elecciones, el 5 de noviembre, que también fue el sorteo del premio mayor de 303 millones de dólares. “De hecho, me desperté durante la noche para…

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