Every Tuesday, Frankie Negrette, Nampa, buys a couple of tacos for dinner from Taco Aguililla Restaurant on 11th Avenue in Nampa. He then crosses the street to Tobacco Connection to buy his beverages and pick up his Idaho Lottery scratch tickets for the week.

One Tuesday in early February, Frankie followed his normal routine. He walked across the street with his tacos, purchased his beverages and bought two, $10 Encounters Mystery Box Cashword scratch tickets.

“I played them before I went to bed,” said Frankie. “The first one, oh man, it didn’t win. I got nothing. But then the second one, I kept getting one word after another. Next thing I know, I’ve got 6 words. I think I’ve won $60.”

The next day, Frankie went to the dentist with the ticket in his back pocket. Once he was done with having some fillings put in, he stopped at the Fred Meyer in Nampa to check the ticket.

“It made a noise I hadn’t heard before. The clerk told me I had to bring it to Boise!” said Frankie.

Frankie arrived at Lottery offices fully thinking maybe he’d won only $60. To his great surprise, his winning ticket was worth a lot more. $100,000 more. It turned out Frankie had 12 words and had won the top prize on the game.

“I thank God for blessing me!” he exclaimed when he received the actual check for his winnings.

Frankie plans to put his winnings toward improving his living situation.

But he still plans on going back to the same location for tacos every Tuesday.