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Man tips driver a lottery ticket, he ends up winning jackpot
The Uber driver said will first repay the loan he took from his parents.
- PUBLISHED: Sun 29 Apr 2018, 9:40 AM UPDATED: Sun 29 Apr 2018, 8:00 PM
It was just another daily trip for this Uber driver in Colorado until one passenger gave him a scratch-off lottery ticket as tip which changed his destiny.
James P from Lakewood received the ticket from one of his passengers which ultimately led him to win a $140,000 jackpot.
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The Uber driver told Colorado Lottery officials that a passenger gave him a $5 Super Special Ultimate Bingo Scratch ticket as a tip which won him $30. He then used the money to buy six more scratch-off tickets.
The elated driver was quoted as saying in UPI, "I kept winning these smaller amounts and just kept rolling it over and over into more tickets. I thought to myself I'm never going to hit the end of these tickets."
James said the first win led to a six-week winning streak till he bought a Super Special Ultimate Bingo Scratch ticket which won him a $140,000 top prize on Wednesday.
James collected his winnings on Thursday from the lottery headquarters and said he hopes to meet the passenger and tell him about the good luck that came of the unusual tip. "I rarely get the same passenger multiple times, but I'd picked up this guy a few times. I haven't been able to find him yet and tell him about this, but I hope I do."
Telling how he plans to utilise the prize money, the driver said will first repay the loan he took from his parents and the remaining he will use to upgrade the vehicle he uses to drive for Uber and Lyft.