$31 million lottery claimed by anonymous winner
Posted: 4/14/2008 12:12:01 PM
And the winner of a $31 million California SuperLotto Plus prize is ... anonymous.
The woman who found out Thursday that she had the winning California SuperLotto Plus ticket has claimed the prize. But she told lottery officials she doesn't want her name publicized.
Hers is the fourth-largest single-ticket jackpot awarded in San Diego.
A lottery spokeswoman quoted the winner as saying, in a statement released last night, "I plan to help my family, do home improvements and maybe buy an RV because my husband and I love road trips."
In case she and her husband are interested, Featherlite Luxury Coaches of Florida touted its $2.5 million RV, with marble steps, original art and SubZero refrigerator, as the world's most expensive in 2006.
The woman bought her ticket, with numbers 5, 17, 23, 42, 43 and Mega number 19, on Monday at Seafood City Supermarket on Mira Mesa Boulevard.
The winning numbers were announced Wednesday night.
"My husband's friend told us to check our tickets because he knew that the winning ticket was sold at the supermarket where we do our shopping," the winner told lottery spokeswoman Cathy Doyle Johnston.
When her husband arrived home Thursday, they checked the lottery Web site.
"I started jumping and hitting my husband," the woman said. "He had to get me a glass of water because I was shaking."
Source: Lottery Post Staff
