A MAN has won one million US dollars (£654,000) in the California Lottery after buying a ticket with money he found at an airport.

Hubert Tang, from the San Francisco Bay area, had not bought a ticket in 10 years, according to lottery officials.

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When he found a 20 dollar bill (£13) on the street outside San Francisco International Airport last week, he used it to buy two scratch-off tickets.

One of them led to the million-dollar top prize. Mr Tang, who works as a barman, plans to save the money for now. He added he may begin leaving money on the street in random places to spread his good fortune.