“My heart was racing,” said Ruben Santaella, describing what happened when he hit the grand prize in Wednesday’s Daily Derby game. Can you blame him? After all, Santaella was clutching a winning ticket worth $150,852!
The Los Angeles County man said things were a bit rushed when he bought the ticket, so instead of picking his own horses as he often does, he went with a Quick Pick®. That turned out to be an amazingly good move. His ticket matched all three winning horses and the final race time.
Santaella said he and his wife will waste no time in paying off some of their bills and then put a little aside in savings. While he wishes he could have won a little more to share with his family, he’s not complaining. “We’ll take it,” said Santaella, “It will put us one step ahead.”