BURLINGAME (KRON) — A Bay Area jeweler is now $750,000 richer after he bought a scratcher lottery ticket in Burlingame last Thursday, California Lottery officials said.
Rafi Chabo bought his $10 Mystery Crossword Scratchers winning ticket at Kwik & Convenient Market at 505 California Drive but waited until Friday to play.
Chabo told lottery officials he couldn’t believe his eyes when he played the game and won.
“I thought I won $750,” he said in a statement. “I couldn’t believe my eyes.”
After the win sunk in, he realized he had to wait until Monday to redeem his ticket at the Lottery’s San Francisco District Office.
Chabo plans to pay off debt, including his daughter’s school loans, maybe buy a new car and go on a Caribbean cruise with his wife.