$1 million Scratchers lottery ticket purchased in San Jose
(KRON) — A grandfather running errands in the South Bay picked up a juicy surprise that wasn't on his grocery list. Jess Daniels took home a Scratchers ticket worth $1 million, the California Lottery announced Friday.
Daniels stopped by Gateway Food & Liquor in San Jose to take a break from errands when he purchased two '$100 Million Mega Cash' Scratchers tickets. After driving home and digging into some food with his granddaughter, the two decided to get the tickets out and start scratching.
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For many, the first ticket he scratched was already good enough as a winner, returning Daniels $20, which would cover the cost of the two $10 tickets. He then moved onto the second ticket as his granddaughter carefully watched.
After scratching all of the winning numbers at the top of the ticket, he began to work down the rows.
'First row—43? Nope. 27? Nope. 16? Nope,' Daniels explained to the California Lottery. In the next row, he uncovered number 19.
'I've got number 19!' Daniels continued.
Scratching out '$1,000…' as he moved along the space, Daniels recalled when he once won $1,000 and thought he may have won another grand. Then the zeros kept coming.
'Oh my God, Grandpa! Oh my God!' Daniels' granddaughter exclaimed as the numbers were being revealed.
Daniels realized he had just won $1 million.
The number 19 that brought Daniels a fortune was a theme throughout the lottery win, he told the lottery.
'It was December 19th, the winning number was number 19, and the matching number was also 19,' Daniels said. 'When I filled out the paperwork, it required a 19-digit number, and on the 19th of February, I received my check.'
Needless to say, 19 is now his favorite number.
Daniels isn't the only person in the Bay Area recently reaping lottery wins. On Wednesday, a SuperLotto Plus player in Cotati won the $30 million jackpot.
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