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Money found on the street leads to $1 million lottery win

SAN FRANCISCO -- A San Francisco Bay Area man won $1 million in the California Lottery after buying a winning ticket with money he found at the airport.

The California Lottery says that Hubert Tang had not bought a lottery ticket in 10 years.

When he found a $20 bill on the street outside San Francisco International Airport last week, he used it to buy two scratch-off tickets at a market in Millbrae.

One of them led to the $1 million top prize.

Tang, who works as a bartender, plans to save the money for now. Lottery officials said the store will receive a $5,000 bonus for selling the winning ticket.

Tang tells CBS San Francisco he will have to have some sort of celebration dinner. And maybe he will use the money to buy his mom a car.

Tang says he may begin leaving $20 bills on the street in random places to spread his good fortune.

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