He’s Very Lucky – And Very Generous!

Getting to meet our winners is one of the nicest things about working at the lottery, and this man’s story just blew us away. I hope it lifts your spirits today, too!

On Friday, Robert Mead of Roxton, Texas, claimed a $100,000 prize here at lottery headquarters in Des Moines. He’s an over-the-road trucker who travels across the country, but his Iowa connection is that he grew up near Sioux City and his parents still live in that area.

And get this: Mead has won three lottery prizes of $100,000 in the last two years, all in different states. Mead said that each time he’s won, he’s shared some of his winnings with others. He says it gives him a good feeling to pay it forward when fortune smiles upon him.

In July 2012, Mead won a $100,000 prize on a scratch ticket in Colorado. Last June, he won a $100,000 lottery prize in Texas. And now lottery luck has struck for him here in Iowa.

Mead says that he and his wife, Faye, have been trying to sell their home in northeast Texas for some time now, as they want to move to Louisiana to be closer to their children and grandchildren. He says he’s now going to give the house away to a deserving couple with five children. He was planning to call and surprise them after he left the lottery.

So where does his lottery luck come from? Mead said he just got a feeling to buy a scratch ticket when he stopped for fuel at the Pilot Travel Center in Atalissa. So he bought a “Blazing Hot 7s Game Book” ticket, scratched it, and said he couldn’t believe his eyes. But it was true! He was a $100,000 winner AGAIN!

Mead claimed the sixth of 10 top prizes of $100,000 available in the Blazing Hot 7s Game Book.  

I wonder if we’ll see him as a big winner again some day?