After seeing a movie with his wife Sunday night, Teddy Sparks of Hubert stopped at a convenience store to buy a scratch-off and discovered a $100,000 prize.
“My wife was scratching the ticket and then her hands started shaking and she started freaking out,” Sparks said.
Sparks, a 68-year-old truck driver, bought his lucky $25 Spectacular Riches ticket from the Circle K on North Marine Boulevard in Jacksonville.
“I told her, ‘Don’t freak out and have a heart attack before we can get the money,’” he laughed.
Sparks arrived at lottery headquarters Monday to collect his prize and, after required state and federal tax withholdings, took home $71,017.
He said he would use his winnings to pay some bills and put the rest in the bank.
Spectacular Riches debuted in October of 2021 with eight $1 million prizes and 20 $100,000 prizes. Two $1 million prizes and seven $100,000 prizes remain to be claimed.
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