Someone won more than $120,000 Thursday night playing the Fantasy 5 lottery game at an Albany gas station. (File)
Two people in the Bay Area became millionaires overnight after purchasing winning Scratchers tickets in San Jose and Alameda, California Lottery officials confirmed Thursday.
A Bonus Scratchers ticket bought from a a Shell gas station on Winchester Boulevard in San Jose made Vahidin Arnaut $10 million richer (before taxes), officials said.
Mugdim Dedic bought an Instant Prize Crossword Scratchers ticket from a 76 station on Webster Street in Alameda, winning $2 million as a result.
Neither store where the winners bought their tickets from could immediately be reached for comment.
A Powerball player who bought a ticket in Milpitas won more than $620,000 by matching the 5 numbers drawn but not the Powerball number, officials said earlier this week.
Originally published at Nollyanne Delacruz