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Victoria man wins $12,000 in scratch-off game

Clyde Jones holds his scratch-off ticket up to the City Motors banner to reveal his $12,000 winning number. More than 15,000 mailers were sent out in the Crossroads yesterday, and Jones has already claimed the grand prize.
  • Jennifer Preyss •
  • Originally published August 23, 2012 at 5:24 p.m., updated August 24, 2012 at 7:37 a.m.

When Clyde Jones walked into City Motors on Thursday with a "winning" scratch-off promotional mailer, he expected to win the dealership's $2 gold coin prize.

What he won was $12,000.

"I'm still shaking," said Jones, a retired radiation therapist. "I was not expecting to win."

Jones displayed his scratch off ticket to City Motors salesman, Nick Villarreal, who realized Jones' scratch-off number - No. 20985 - was an unusual number.

"I thought this isn't the same number I've been seeing all day," Villarreal said.

Jones received the scratch-off mailer Wednesday, and immediately checked to see if he was a winner.

He said he once won a fishing boat from a car company in the 1980s, so he always plays the games on the promotional mailers.

City Motors signed over a check for $12,000 to Jones and congratulated him on his win.

There were 15,000 mailers that were sent out around the Crossroads, and many prizes remain unclaimed, including a flat screen TV, and various cash prizes, ranging from $2 to $1,000.

Jones said he plans to use the money to pay off bills, and possibly take a vacation to Washington, D.C.

"Don't throw away the mailers because you never know if you're going to be a winner," he said. "All I can do is thank the good Lord."