We have to do something good with it.'īut Vegas wasn't the only American to win big this summer. 'Both my wife and I said, wow, we can't keep this money.
'My immediate reaction was guilt,' said Vegas, 65. He's planning to use the money to fight climate change.
Vegas, a Colorado resident, was a winner of the state's COVID-19 vaccine lottery, designed to incentivize people to get the shot. Pete Vegas had just returned from vacation with his five grandkids when he received a strange text telling him he'd won $1 million.
