A man who wishes to remain anonymous has won a $1 million prize on a scratch-off ticket he purchased for $20 at a Fairview Heights store, the Illinois Lottery announced Monday.

The $1,000,000 Holiday Gold ticket was bought at the Sav-On Liquor & Wine inside a Phillips 66 gas station at 10040 Lincoln Trail.

Since he went to the store with his mother to buy the ticket, he plans to give half of the winnings to her.

“I’m a big fan of the holiday-themed lottery tickets,” the man said in a news release from the Illinois Lottery. “As soon as this year’s holiday tickets were available, my mom and I went to the store to see what they looked like, and I decided to try my luck on a $20 one.”

It was his mom who actually scratched off the ticket to reveal he was the winner.

“Later that day, my m

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