Lottery winner makes wife's dream come true with $400K jackpot
Alexis Tejada Bueno of Raleigh said he plans to use a $584,312 Cash 5 jackpot to make his wife's dream of opening her own nail salon come true.
Posted — Updated“She’s wanted to do this for over 13 years,” Tejada Bueno said. “She’s excited to finally make it happen.”
Tejada Bueno bought the $1 Quick Pick ticket at the Raleigh Claim Center on Capital Boulevard in Raleigh. All of the lottery’s claim centers sell tickets in addition to helping players with lottery-related business.
The ticket beat odds of one in 749,398 to win Thursday’s jackpot. He checked his numbers Friday morning when he took his son to the bus stop.
“I was happy,” Bueno said. “I went home, woke my wife up and told her, ‘I have a surprise for you!’ She didn’t believe me and told me to let her go back to sleep.”
Tejada Bueno claimed the jackpot a few hours later at lottery headquarters. After required state and federal tax withholdings, he took home $411,946.
