"I went to go tell my dad and made it about 10-feet and ended up with my knees in the grass puking everywhere because my nerves just got the best of me," Lutz said.


The Salem man who is currently an unemployed certified mechanic is expecting his first child with his wife Stephanie any day now, and says this $1-million prize couldn't have come at a better time.   He first purchased a 3-dollar lottery ticket at Kendrick's Corner in Salem and won ten dollars. That's when his luck kicked in.


"I got a $10 lottery ticket and I carried it around almost all day and forgot about it.  I got home and reached in my pocket to get my keys to open the door and I found the ticket.  And I took it in and scratched it off and low and behold it was a million dollar winner.  So it just totally blew my mind," Lutz said.


So what does he plan to do with the money?


Lutz says, "We're just basically going to pay off our debt and be smart with the rest of it."


A Salem man thankful that a three dollar investment paid off, and turned into the best financial decision of his life.