The California Lottery has identified a homeless man who once lived in the Bay Area as the winner of a $1 million prize from a scratcher purchased in San Luis Obispo earlier this year.
The winner, Armando Vidal, said he bought two $10 Triple Red 777 Scratchers in April at Sandy’s Deli & Liquor, where he is a regular customer.
At first, Vidal believed he had just won $200. When he returned to the store to verify the tickets, the scan suggested he might have won $100,000 — until the store’s manager, Wilson Samaan, took a closer look at the printout…