Two lucky lottery players each won $1 million each with Scratchers tickets they bought in San Jose,
Hairstylist Lasandra Arizmendez, won playing the Gold Rush game, with a ticket was a Christmas gift – a family tradition.
"We really believe in it, and we believe in miracles. That’s what this was, a miracle on Christmas," Arizmendez said in a news release sent by California Lottery officials on Wednesday. "I was a little leery, because my family plays tricks on me, but when I turned it over, I knew it was real!" Lottery officials said her win couldn’t come at a better time. When her salon closed during the pandemic, she was out of work. She now plans to buy a house and start her kids’ college funds with the prize money, she told lottery officials.
The store where her winning ticket came from, Piedmont Shell in San Jose gets a $5,000 bonus for selling her the ticket. Ishak Jimenez, who also won a $1 million prize. He played a California Dreamin’ ticket he bought at the Safeway on West San Carlos in San Jose, which also gets a $5,000 bonus. "We scratched in our car and had to go back in to confirm; it was kind of a shock," Jimenez told lottery officials in a statement. He said he wants to use the money to build his own custom house.
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