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Local teen becomes a millionaire on 18th birthday
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There are five different ways to win 12 different cash prizes on the “Perfect Gift” lottery ticket. Kaleb Heng ended up winning his million dollars the easiest way possible, scratching the $1,000,000 next to the bell symbol, an automatic win (Photo courtesy of the California Lottery).

It’s sometimes difficult to find the perfect gift for someone, but one local grandmother hit the jackpot with hers – literally.

Kaleb Heng of Ceres was gifted a lotto ticket named “The Perfect Gift” by his grandmother for his 18th birthday. She had purchased the ticket at the Oasis Market-Chevron gas station store at 11012 Lander Ave. in Turlock.

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The Oasis Market – Chevron gas station store at 11012 Lander Ave. in Turlock sold a million dollar lottery ticket the Kaleb Heng’s grandmother, which he was gifted for his 18th birthday.

On his way to a fishing trip alongside his mother, he decided to give the ticket a scratch. It turns out the family would never make a single cast with their fishing poles that day, as the ticket quickly revealed that Heng had won $1 million.

“My mom was driving me to go fishing, and on the way, I scratched it. We had to pull over. It was a million dollars, and I didn’t even have an ID yet,” Heng explained. “We turned around and went home because I had to get an ID before I could even claim the ticket.”

The Perfect Gift is a $10 ticket and there are 12 different cash prizes available, with five different ways to cash in. The easiest way to win a cash prize is to scratch a number that has a “bell” symbol next to it, which means you automatically win the amount shown, and that’s exactly what happened with Heng’s ticket. According to the California Lottery, odds to hit the $1 million jackpot are 1 in 1,236,000.

“I’m pretty stoked! I certainly wasn’t expecting it,” Heng said.

Heng told the California Lottery he plans on using the money for his college education and to further invest in his future.