East Bay man wins $1 million lotto scratcher, shrugs

An East Bay man who purchased an Emerald 10’s lotto ticket, like the one pictured here, recently won $1 million, lottery officials said Sunday. An East Bay man who purchased an Emerald 10’s lotto ticket, like the one pictured here, recently won $1 million, lottery officials said Sunday. Photo: California Lottery Photo: California Lottery Image 1 of / 1 Caption Close East Bay man wins $1 million lotto scratcher, shrugs 1 / 1 Back to Gallery

An East Bay man is approximately $1 million richer after buying a winning California Lottery Scratchers ticket in Concord, but you wouldn’t know it from his reaction.

Israel Martinez Sotero went into the Super Liquor & Food on Monument Boulevard to buy a Vitaminwater, according to the California Lottery, and decided to purchase an Emerald 10’s scratcher. He quickly scratched the ticket and realized he’d just won $1 million.

Did Sotero go straight to a casino to put it all on black? Did he run to the nearest Benz dealership so he could get his dream ride? Nope.

“I went back to the car and I just went home,” he said. “It wasn’t much excitement. I was like … cool, I won.”

Sotero told lotto officials that he plans to save most, if not all of his winnings.

Super Liquor & Food is set to receive a $5,000 bonus for selling the ticket, and we’re hoping they find a little more joy in the windfall.

Kale Williams is a San Francisco Chronicle staff writer. E-mail: kwilliams@sfchronicle.com Twitter: @sfkale