$1 million California lotto ticket sold in Stanislaus County. Man was there for tacos
A California man turned a taco craving into $1 million when he made a stop with his wife to grab a bite in Patterson.
Tim Dynes has a tradition of stopping by G’s Food Mart on East Las Palmas Avenue and picking up a couple of scratch-off tickets while the couple wait for their order at their favorite taco truck, according to a Friday news release from the California Lottery.
He uncovered lucky number 17 toward the end of his Diamond 8’s game, which matched one of the winning numbers, and unveiled the hefty prize.
Dynes tried to keep his composure while continuing to wait for his dinner, according to the release. He’d been a lottery winner before, but scored prizes with fewer zeros.
‘“Do you know how hard it was to keep a straight face?” he told the California Lottery. “Nobody knew I won — not even my wife until I told her on the drive home.”
The owner of the Stanislaus County gas station got a $5,000 bonus for selling the ticket.
Other California million-dollar winners
A handful of other California residents have won big on scratch-off tickets recently. Here’s where other $1 million tickets have been sold.
Stockton | Village Liquor & More, Holman Road
Janie Torres won playing Show Me $1,000,000.
San Francisco | Los Primos Gift Shop
Wendy Ake Bautista won playing Xtreme Multiplier.
Livermore | Fast & Easy Mart
Carl Phillips won playing Diamond 8’s.
Fremont | SBC Liquors, Grimmer Boulevard
Ivan Gonzalez Gamboa win playing Cloud 9.
This story was originally published October 2, 2023 at 1:39 PM.
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