Herrejon told the Lottery that his father gave him the scratcher game to make up for a lack of a Christmas gift that year, saying, “Here, here’s your gift for Christmas.” Herrejon took the ticket home ...

Last Christmas, Jerry Herrejon didn’t receive a gift from his father. “To make up for it,” his father brought him a gift in North Hollywood the next day: a Crossword Xtreme Scratchers ticket ...

A California Lottery scratcher ticket that was given to a man as a gift by his father turned out to be a multimillion-dollar winner. Jerry Herrejon won a $7 million jackpot playing a Crossword ...