$20 found in San Francisco leads to $1 million lottery win

[Omaha Steve]

Source: AP

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A San Francisco Bay Area man won $1 million in the California Lottery after buying a winning ticket with money he found at the airport.

The California Lottery said Sunday that Hubert Tang had not bought a lottery ticket in 10 years.

When he found a $20 bill on the street outside San Francisco International Airport last week, he used it to buy two scratch-off tickets at a market in Millbrae.

One of them led to the $1 million top prize.

FULL story at link.

Read more: http://bigstory.ap.org/article/033bd9ec0a9e41248f0ee8fcec0c635b/20-found-san-francisco-leads-1-million-lottery-win

[SpankMe]

1. This happens to me all the time. n/t

[Liberal_in_LA]

5. lol nt

[brooklynite]

2. Where are the obligatory posts that lotteries are a tax on the poor?

[onehandle]

3. I think of them as a tax on the math-challenged. nt

[jberryhill]

6. In what way does this story change that?

[trueblue2007]

4. i need his luck

[Archae]

7. I found $10 in a parking lot, that led to an $80 payout.

Bought a scratch-off ticket (2 actually,) with $2 of the ten-spot, won $80.

[miyazaki]

8. Not bad. I'll have to remember to buy

some tickets/scratchers next time I find some money and ride the lucky streak.

[Helen Borg]

15. I found $10 in a parking lot, that led to losing $1000

because I got addicted to the slot machine!

[Art_from_Ark]

16. I found a "lucky dollar" once

Someone had written "Lucky Dollar: Good for winning the lottery" on it, so when I had the chance, I bought a lottery ticket with it. I didn't win anything, not even a consolation prize.

[csziggy]

9. On the other hand my husband's $50 bonus netted him $2

The company he was working for paid the Christmas bonus in lottery tickets one year. My husband got $50 face value which only paid him $2. It really sucked.

It also pissed off a lot of the people who were hoping to have cash for their bonus. Not one of the people my husband talked to got as much as the face value of the lottery tickets in return. Many refused the tickets since gambling was against their religion - and they got nothing at all.

The company never did that again - in fact, they stopped giving bonuses at all.

[BlueJazz]

11. A company giving lottery tickets as a Christmas bonus ?? EEEWWWWW!

That's just plain wrong.

[csziggy]

12. Yes, it was definitely a WTF

I was so glad when he left that job. It sucked big time and the lottery ticket fiasco was only a part of it.

[ailsagirl]

10. WOW!! n/t

[jwirr]

13. OS just think of the donations I could make with that.

[Helen Borg]

14. He should give it all away!

I mean, think about it... He should.

[EL34x4]

17. I think I would've kept my mouth shut

about the "finding the money on the street outside the airport" part.

[Psephos]

18. Fortunately, he bought the ticket in California, not Illinois.

In Illinois, he would only "win" an IOU from the state.

http://www.cardplayer.com/poker-news/19250-illinois-lottery-winners-getting-paid-with-ious

[Javaman]

19. I found 40 bucks in an ATM

I walked up to get cash out, looked down and there was 40 bucks.

I was the most bizarre thing.