A Storm Lake man says his big lottery win has come at the perfect time, just as he’s planning to open a new business.
Alexander Perez won an InstaPlay prize of nearly $300,000! He says the moment got him thinking about the dreams he has together with his wife and family.
Alexander, who is 50, currently own his own garage in Storm Lake to service and repair vehicles, but is in the process of switching fields, planning to open a new business in heating, ventilation and air conditioning.
The story of Alexander’s lottery win began on Monday with a need for coffee. They were out of coffee at home, so he stopped that morning at Midtown, 1100 E. Fifth St. in Storm Lake, for some java. While he was there, he bought a ticket in the Extreme Green Progressive InstaPlay game, then went on to work.
He checked his ticket after he arrived and kept looking at the results to try to believe what he was seeing. Then he thinks he may have had a brief panic attack because he was having trouble breathing. Alexander says he called his wife, who got him to calm down.
Alexander won the Extreme Green Progressive jackpot, which at the time had climbed to $295,300. The game’s big prize had been growing for more than three months to reach that level. Prior to his win, it was last hit Feb. 2 with a ticket purchased in Norwalk.
Alexander says he was so shaky and distracted after realizing he’d won that he decided to shut his garage for the day. He went home and walked around, trying to absorb what a different kind of day it was!
As he claimed his prize yesterday at lottery headquarters in Clive, Alexander said his lottery win was sinking in. He said the idea of winning the lottery is something that’s always in your mind – that maybe someday it could be you. And this time, it IS him!
Congratulations
Posted by: Recie | May 23, 2024 at 09:15 AM