Calif. man buys scratch game with $20 bill he found, wins $1 million

Comment #21

mypiemaster — Sat, 05 Sep 2015 07:35:37 GMT

Cry me a river. How ironic.You are sticking your foot in your mouth. Unless your name is Hubert Tang, you are doing exactly the same thing you are accusing the other guys of doing. You don't know Tang from Jack. Verdict: GUILTY!!!.

Comment #20

rcbbuckeye — Thu, 03 Sep 2015 00:31:50 GMT

Agree Bleudog.

There's a lot of amateur psychologists around here that know everything about total strangers in a news story.

Comment #19

Bleudog101 — Wed, 02 Sep 2015 11:33:41 GMT

Were any of us LP posters there when he found the money?...no. Being Chinese has nothing to do with the price of tea. While stationed @ Ft Myer, VA (The Old Guard=yay!) I found $12 on a stairway. One of our soldiers, a pathological liar type said it was his. My reply was 'give me the serial #'s'. End of that conversation.

Comment #18

MeAndMyArrow — Wed, 02 Sep 2015 03:24:41 GMT

Totally off-topic, but I've always wanted to take some time off from life and visit them all. The only ones I've been inside so far are Mission San Jose in Fremont, and the one in Ventura (which I think is called Mission Buonaventura).

Comment #17

VenomV12 — Wed, 02 Sep 2015 00:36:23 GMT

Of course he is, people like him are notorious liars. The chances that you buy expensive tickets like that and you never or rarely play the lottery are slim to none. A casual player would likely stick to $1 or $2 tickets and probably would not exceed $5. Not to stereotype, but Asians also tend to be very heavy gamblers, especially the Chinese, which also makes me tend to doubt his story. So you have an Asian bartender that claims he hasn't played the lottery in 10 years, sure buddy, sure...

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Comment #16

sully16 — Tue, 01 Sep 2015 12:40:37 GMT

That's awesome, congrats to the lucky guy.

Comment #15

Funtimz — Tue, 01 Sep 2015 01:54:04 GMT

Some things are better left unsaid...I would have never mentioned about finding the $20 that I bought that winning ticket with. Congrats to him though!

Perhaps I should have played the $20 I found rather than just keeping it for whatever. Oh well, next time.

Comment #14

Erzulieredeyes — Tue, 01 Sep 2015 00:37:36 GMT

UMMM..... I don't think so.

FINDERS KEEPERS, LOSERS WEEPERS!

The loser has to pay the score. Sucks to be the loser, especially in this case. lol

Loser wouldn't be entitled to anything, except maybe his $20.00 back which I would gladly turn over if the loser can prove the serial number on the bill he lost.

Comment #13

maringoman — Mon, 31 Aug 2015 22:18:32 GMT

Seems to me that the person or person's that would come forward to claim that it was their 20 dollars would be kind a hard to prove...how would you convince someone that was your 20 dollar bill

In 2015 it is much easier than it used to be. Plenty of cameras everywhere (they helped catch the Boston bombers and it was very crowded) so if it is true that he found that $20 and someone else remembers losing a $20 around that area, chances are it could be on camera. Ron is right, keep it to yoursel... [ More ]

Comment #12

Dee88 — Mon, 31 Aug 2015 21:45:34 GMT

Seems to me that the person or person's that would come forward to claim that it was their 20 dollars would be kind a hard to prove...how would you convince someone that was your 20 dollar bill....when there are so many going around...I don't even think that the lawyers would even want to get involved...on a side note..make sure you keep track of your money and where you keep it....that fellow just happened to be in the right place at the right time...

Comment #11

Crazy Wombat — Mon, 31 Aug 2015 20:58:11 GMT

Interesting ... so it might be possible that who ever lost the $20 could be entitled to some of the lottery money or all of the money. He never actually used his own money ... someone else paid for that ticket.

If the actual person comes forward saying it was their $20 ... wow, here come the lawyers !!!

Best to always keep your mouth shut ... look at the old prospectors ... they come back to town, buying drinks for everyone, blabbin' about their claim and the next day they're dead.

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Comment #10

Ron5995 — Mon, 31 Aug 2015 20:19:20 GMT

He's likely embellishing the past. It's interesting how so many big winners claim never / rarely bought tickets.

While embellishing is one thing, to make a statement about finding a $20 on the ground is risky. In many jurisdictions, lost cash, over a certain threshold, which can be low as $20 in some, must be turned over to the authorities. Even if the reporting threshold, where he found the bill, is higher than $20, there's still a risk of the person who lost the $20 filing a lawsuit, regard... [ More ]

Comment #9

bgman59 — Mon, 31 Aug 2015 19:45:28 GMT

I was just sitting here scratching off the new $30 California Lotto ticket, I won $500 on my very first ticket of this game last week, but then my weekend luck dried up after buying other million dollar lotto tickets, but then this story restored by lotto ticket scratching faith again, congrats !!!

Big Daddy out of Suisun City

Comment #8

Get paid — Mon, 31 Aug 2015 18:31:21 GMT

I had that happen to me one day found 10 bucks on the ground,thought it was a dollar.Bought some lottery tickets,an of course u know no luck.

But I,m in it to win it.One r two dollars an a dream.Congrats to the winner.

Comment #7

cbr$ — Mon, 31 Aug 2015 16:29:23 GMT

Congratulation to Hubert Tang, on his scratch off ticket win. Great story.

Comment #6

noise-gate — Mon, 31 Aug 2015 16:22:44 GMT

Awesome return on his investment. ...

Comment #5

TnTicketlosers — Mon, 31 Aug 2015 15:07:06 GMT

I seen it on the news this morning,I think it's really cool...

Comment #4

rcbbuckeye — Mon, 31 Aug 2015 14:37:50 GMT

Why do you think he's lying?

Haven't you ever found money on the street or sidewalk

Comment #3

mypiemaster — Mon, 31 Aug 2015 14:26:00 GMT

The more I read this story, the more it appears that Mr Tang had his tang spiked. Maybe a whale jumped out from the bay and a $20 bill fell out of the whale's pocket. People and their fish stories. Whatever happened to I bought a ticket and I won.

Comment #2

Gleno — Mon, 31 Aug 2015 14:25:06 GMT

Now that's being struck twice with a streak of good luck!

Congrats to the winner.

Comment #1

music* — Mon, 31 Aug 2015 13:26:59 GMT

Congratulations to you , Hubert Tang. El Camino Real is Spanish for , The Kings Way . This road connected the Roman Catholic Missions in California.

Calif. man buys scratch game with $20 bill he found, wins $1 million

Lottery Post — Mon, 31 Aug 2015 13:15:40 GMT

A man who won $1 million from the California Lottery on Wednesday in Millbrae paid for the winning Scratcher ticket using a $20 bill he found on the ground.

The lucky Bay Area man, Hubert Tang, found the $20 bill on a street outside of San Francisco International Airport on Wednesday. He then used it to purchase two $1,000,000 Jackpot! Scratchers tickets from Andrea's Market, located at 1601 El Camino Real in Millbrae.

Tang, who works as a bartender, said that he had not purchased a lotter... [ More ]