A San Francisco man won $2 million on a California Lottery Scratchers ticket purchased at a downtown convenience store, lottery officials announced Tuesday.
Rwhi Zeidan bought the Instant Prize Crossword ticket from Discount Cigarettes and Cigars, located at the corner of Kearny and Commercial streets. He said he was scratching the ticket to pass the time on March 5 when he realized he had won the top prize.
“I didn’t read the number correctly. Twice, I read it was $2,000. Maybe the third time I read it, I found too many zeros, so I counted them one by one,” Zeidan said in a statement. “That’s when I got really shocked.”…