Kingwood resident wins "Set For Life" lotto game

A ticket in the Texas Lottery's "Set for Life" scratch-off game is a big win for a customer at a Randalls store in Kingwood.

The Texas Lottery Commission announced Tuesday that Jay V. Knighton II, a lawyer for the Stone and Associates firm in The Woodlands, has claimed the winning ticket on behalf of a client, a Texas resident whose name the firm declined to release. The ticket came from the Randalls at 600 Kingwood Drive.

"We've very excited that one of our shoppers had a winning lotto ticket," says Dawn Proffitt, a Randalls spokesperson.

Proffitt says the store hasn't yet heard from the lucky customer.

The ticket has won that person $250,000 per year, with a total prize not to exceed $5 million.

Knighton could not be reached at his office Thursday, but he said in a Texas Lottery Commission press release that his client has been a long-time lottery player.

According to the Lottery Commission, the Kingwood Randalls store is eligible for a $10,000 retailer bonus for selling the winning ticket.

Ewww! Kingwood woman finds blood on her fries.

Susan Mosher, of Kingwood, TX, was halfway through the BLT she'd ordered for dinner with her husband at a local Cracker Barrel when she noticed something red on her fries. It wasn't ketchup. She called the waitress over to complain. The waitress went into the kitchen to investigate. The waitress had bad news for Mosher: the red splotches were human blood.

Apparently, the chef in charge of preparing Mosher's meal had cut himself. Cracker Barrel procedure calls for cooks to remove themselves from the food prep area in the case of a cut. Maybe it was a busy night, maybe the chef hadn't noticed he'd cut himself until too late—but he did not follow procedure.

Mosher was understandably upset. She talked to the manager, who tried to reassure her and offered to comp the meal. This was not enough; Mosher and her husband left the restaurant in anger. They complained to Cracker Barrel corporate. Mosher explained that she is a 20-year cancer survivor, and is now worried that she could contract a blood-born illness. She asked Cracker Barrel to test the offending chef for communicable diseases, but company representatives told her they could not legally compel him to undergo such testing. They sent her two $50 gift cards to try and assuage her. This only added insult to injury.

Mosher has talked with a lawyer about potential future action.