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When Dennis Damian Anugwom’s mother Grace told him to rest<br />
after working early into Sunday morning on Mother’s Day, he did what a good son<br />
does—he obeyed her. Anugwom, of Houston, got some rest and then headed<br />
to his mother’s house to join his brothers.<br />
On the way, he stopped at the Shop N Go Food Store located at 6601 S. Gessner Drive<br />
in Houston and bought three $1,000,000 Cash Blast<br />
scratch-offs. “When I got the<br />
third ticket,” Anugwom said, “I put it in my pocket and left the store.”<br />
Anugwom scratched the $20 ticket in his car, and could barely believe it when he<br />
uncovered a $1 million prize. “I couldn’t breathe and I couldn’t smile even though<br />
I wanted to, so I called my mother. When she answered, I couldn’t speak to her,<br />
and then I started crying, which scared her.”<br />
Grace Anugwom gave the phone to Dennis’s oldest brother, Innocent, who was able<br />
to extract the story, and then burst into laughter as Dennis continued crying.<br />
“Your son is a millionaire,” Innocent told<br />
his mother.<br />
Anugwom will take his mother to visit<br />
his 9-year-old son in Jamaica as<br />
soon as possible. Later this summer,<br />
they plan to go to Nigeria to see<br />
Anugwom’s father, whom he<br />
hasn’t seen in 14 years.
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