Cobb Co. man uses HS locker combo to win $1M lotto prize

MABLETON, Ga. — Henry “Calvin” Nash graduated from Pebblebrook High School more than 40 years ago, but he never forgot his locker combination.

"Numbers stick in my head," Nash said, according to the official Mega Millions website.

Those numbers helped Nash win a $1 million prize in the June 2, 2015, Mega Millions drawing.

The Mega Millions jackpot currently sits at $415 million, the third-largest in the history of the game. Watch the LIVE drawing Friday night on WSB-TV right before the Channel 2 Action News Nightbeat at 11.

The Mableton man said he realized he had won when he checked the results on his computer.

"I saw the numbers 2 and 9, and said, 'Hey, I've got that,'" Nash said, according to the official Mega Millions website.

The winning numbers were 2-9-11-22-23 and the Mega Ball was 12.

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Nash bought the winning ticket at Publix on Veterans Memorial Highway Southeast in Mableton.

Nash told the Georgia Lottery that he and his wife, Brenda, were high school sweethearts.

The couple has been married for more than 40 years. When they claimed the prize last year, they said they planned to continue to enjoy life together.

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