LEESBURG, Fla. – Brian Nelson is celebrating his recent engagement with a $1 million prize on a scratch-off ticket.
But even his fiancée seems to question his big plans for the money.
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“You won’t believe what he’s most excited about buying with his winnings,” Emily Pelton told Florida Lottery.
Nelson, with a laugh, said, “I’m just looking forward to upgrading to an electric toothbrush and splurging on a good pair of flip flops.”
Nelson, 26, of Leesburg in Central Florida, won on the $20 Gold Rush Limited ticket that just debuted last month.
State lottery officials say he took his winnings as a $795,000 lump sum.
The win came just a month after he and Pelton got engaged.
He bought the lucky scratcher at a Quik Mart in Leesburg that gets a $2,000 bonus commission for selling it.
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