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Four lucky lottery players around the Bay Area combined to win more than $18 million recently on Scratchers tickets, including an eight-figure winner in the North Bay, according to the California Lottery.
In Petaluma, Sylvia Garcia scored $10 million on an Ultimate Millions Scratchers ticket she bought at the 7-Eleven on Lakeville Highway. Garcia told lottery officials she plans to buy a house, start a business and invest her winnings.
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In the East Bay, Romeo Quinto Jr. won a $5 million jackpot on a Luck Scratchers ticket, the lottery said. He bought his payoff ticket at the Fallon Gate Chevron, 2760 Dublin Boulevard in Dublin, where he stopped in for a car wash, but the line was too busy so he decided to get a drink and a Scratchers ticket instead, he told lottery officials.