Milpitas store owner sues customer for half of $1 million lottery prize

Assembly line worker Evangelina Reyes had big plans for the $1 million she won earlier this year in the California Lottery’s “Emerald 10” scratch-off game. But then the owner of the Milpitas liquor store where she bought the winning ticket slapped her with a lawsuit, claiming she’d signed a handwritten contract guaranteeing him half the prize.