ATLANTA — A Mableton man has cracked the code on winning a $1M prize using locker combinations from his freshman and sophomore years of high school from over four decades ago.
Henry “Calvin” Nash, a 1972 Pebblebrook High School graduate, won $1 million from matching the first five winning numbers from the June 2 Mega Millions drawing.
“Numbers stick in my head,” he explained in remembering his locker combinations.
Nash, 63, and his wife, Brenda, were high school sweethearts.
They claimed the prize June 3 at Georgia Lottery headquarters in Atlanta.
Married 40 years, the couple both own shiny Harley-Davidson motorcycles. They plan to continue taking trips and enjoying life together.
Nash got the peachy surprise when he checked the results of the June 2 drawing on his computer the following day.
“I saw the Nos. 2 and 9, and said, ‘Hey I’ve got that,’” Nash exclaimed.
The winning numbers from the June 2 Mega Millions drawing were: 02-09-11-22-23 and the Mega Ball was 12.
Publix Super Market #1112, 1025 Veterans Memorial Highway S.E. in Mableton, sold the winning ticket.
Tuesday’s Mega Millions jackpot is an estimated $20 million to a single annuity winner.
As with all other Georgia Lottery games, proceeds from Mega Millions will benefit education in the state of Georgia.
Since its first year, the Georgia Lottery Corp. has returned more than $16.2 billion to the state of Georgia for education. All Georgia Lottery profits go to pay for specific educational programs, including Georgia’s HOPE Scholarship Program and Georgia’s Pre-K Program. More than 1.7 million students have received HOPE, and more than 1.3 million 4-year-olds have attended the statewide, voluntary prekindergarten program.