Using the same lottery game, two Californians became the new millionaires

With the same lottery scratch game two residents of California added to the list of state millionaires.

Representatives of the California Lottery said that Ruby Evans and Job Aguirre each won $2 million playing Instant Prize Crossword Scratcher tickets..

Evans got a scratch-off in Sweet Time Donuts, on the 600 block on E. Compton Boulevard.in Compton, while a few miles away, Job Aguirre bought a ticket to 76 service station located at 12863 Ventura Boulevard.in Studio City.

In his car, Evans erased the ticket and was shocked to learn that he had won $2,000. Overcome with excitement, she immediately returned to the donut shop to ask for the prize form, but got the surprise of his life when the clerk scanned the ticket and found that the prize was actually $2 million..

“I’m going to tell you something, it’s a great blessing. It gives me the ability to pay bills, pay my mortgage and help my daughters,” Evans told the California Lottery.

Evans is not the first time he wins the lottery. At the same donut shop, he bought a scratch ticket that earned him a $5,000 prize..

Also, 10 years ago Evans won $100,000 also with another lottery ticket.

Evans announced that, despite winning the millionaire prize, he would continue to play the lottery.

A man who is also very happy about Evans’ good luck is the owner of a donut shop who will receive a $10,000 bonus for selling a Scratch-Off Millionaire Ticket..

In Studio City, thanks to Job Aguirre’s Millionaire Award, the owner of STO 76 will also receive a $10,000 bonus..

The California Lottery said it sold $2 million worth of Scratch-Off prize tickets in January.

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