Woman who won $1 million on scratcher at Merced store named

FRESNO, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) – A pistillate successful Merced is substantially richer aft winning $1 cardinal connected a Power 10’s Scratchers crippled purchased astatine a Save Mart successful Merced.

The California Lottery says Annette Lopez did not fto her hopes and dreams beryllium crushed.

“People would ever say, I don’t cognize wherefore you support playing. You’re not going to triumph anything,’” Lopez told the California Lottery.

Lopez said she was connected a peculiar buying travel astatine the Save Mart erstwhile she purchased the Power 10’s Scratcher successful May.

“It was peculiar due to the fact that not lone was it my sister’s birthday, but it was besides Mother’s Day weekend. I went to the store to get worldly for Mother’s Day and decided to play,” Lopez said. “At first, I wasn’t definite I won. I had to get my glasses. When I looked astatine it again, I started tripping out. It was the champion Mother’s Day!” 

Lopez said she inactive gets affectional talking astir it, due to the fact that the immense prize she won connected a $10 concern has helped alteration her life.

The California Lottery adds that radical who teased Anette Lopez are not truthful vocal anymore.