(FOX40.COM) \u2014 Two lottery players in the Sacramento area took home million-dollar prizes, the California Lottery announced.<\/p>\n
They purchased $1,000,000 Money Mania Scratchers.<\/p>\n
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One winner, Cynthia Bravo, purchased their ticket at the Chevron gas station at 4200 Norwood Avenue in Sacramento.<\/p>\n
The other winner, Metta Barone, purchased theirs at the Safeway at 4805 Granite Drive in Rocklin.<\/p>\n
Those were two of three total winners. The third purchased their ticket in Long Beach.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen I realized I had won, I was outside the store where I bought the ticket,\u201d the winner told the California Lottery. \u201cWinning that kind of money from a $10 ticket is unbelievable. I went back inside and scanned it again because I still couldn\u2019t believe it.\u201d<\/p>\n
The California Lottery has raised more than $48 billion for the state\u2019s public schools since its inception in October 1985. Voters established it through Prop 37 in 1984.<\/p>\n
The money has been used to improve athletics programs, support arts programs, support career-focused programs, and even train firefighters, according to the California Lottery.<\/p>\n
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