Mega Millions lottery ticket worth $133M sold in Calif.

Comment #39

rdgrnr — Thu, 16 Sep 2010 15:01:24 GMT

Yeah, some of those lottery clerks need an occasional attitude adjustment upside the head.

We need to make that legal.

Nothing violent, just a quick smack in the head to wake them up.

I think it could even prove to be beneficial to their chakras and chi and all that by loosening things up.

Therefore it would actually be considered Earth-friendly, Green and leaving no Carbon Footprint.

And what could be more important than that?

Drop everything and call your Congressman.

Comment #38

DC81 — Thu, 16 Sep 2010 09:52:50 GMT

California has been on a rather annoying streak for nearly two years now... Hope the state (along with NY and NJ) go on another year long cold streak, hell make it two.

Comment #37

eastside — Sat, 11 Sep 2010 15:29:32 GMT

At times I go to the liquor store, and play the lottery ,and i win small amounts of cash ,and the store clerks and the tell some of the store customers that i'm a frequent winner, I my self think it's none their bussiness, and whats annoying they play my numbers too,(the clerks), they ask me whats my favorite number for the day !,Itell that's a good guess, What's your opinion? confused but still playing the game.

Comment #36

Daveyl — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 19:04:04 GMT

Louise,

I'm trying to point out that the lottery is big money for the State of California, and that the original selling point was how it would benefit schools. Our schools aren't benefitting, but the state rakes-in billions each year selling us on the 'dream' of winning. I don't know if you're aware of California's liberal legislature, but I can tell you straight out whatever they DON'T want, WE DON'T GET! Every liberal measure passes through our governing bodies like greased lightning. When... [ More ]

Comment #35

tiggs95 — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 23:43:35 GMT

Yes tiggs agrees with you louise 100%..You ever been to Ypsilanti?..

Comment #34

Oaks8360 — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 18:17:11 GMT

Where can I find the number of $250,000 winners in Washington state? They don't allow the multiplier and it seems they pick up quite a few of those type of wins.

Comment #33

Halle99 — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 17:58:16 GMT

Congrats to the winner........My jackpot story is coming soooooooonnnnnn.

Comment #32

louise black — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 03:30:34 GMT

Excuse me ! I thought we were talking about the lottery news.Some will find an opportunity any where to bash the people who are in charge of helping the poor.Shame ! shame

Comment #31

Daveyl — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 02:45:17 GMT

tiggs95,

Sad but true. There's also a gang problem down there, and most of the retail outlets are 'English Optional'. The air is actually not as bad as it was. For the chunky variety, you should head east toward Ontario/San Bernadino. My favorite saying about that region goes: It's a nice place, but I'd like to see it once .

Comment #30

tiggs95 — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 01:12:20 GMT

There's that word luck again..Stop it there is no luck involved..tee hee tee hee tee hee...

Comment #29

rdgrnr — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:55:04 GMT

I like the way you think, Daveyl.

Maybe there's hope for CA afterall.

I guess we'll see in November.

Comment #28

Daveyl — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:37:58 GMT

rdgrnr, that's not fair! Why do WE have to get stuck with those liberal, puffy-lipped whiners? (Di Fi, Waxman, et al) They are voted into office by illegal aliens, dead people, dogs, cats, guinea pigs and (gulp) actual citizens of the U.S., even citizens from California! You don't know how badly I want to get rid of this regime in our state. All they do day-in and day-out is try to attach their sainted 'minorities' to some government program, creating a dependent constituency. After their voters... [ More ]

Comment #27

rdgrnr — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 17:56:23 GMT

I've been to LA and don't care how lucky it would be to live there.

I don't like having to chew my air before I breathe it.

Comment #26

mike4u2nb — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 17:31:33 GMT

I am glad everyone is playing with the numbers about my original post .California has a high number of winners and I am not arguing that but take a look at the overall winners. What area of California they have won and continue to win. Not just mega lotto but also lotto plus, scratcher s tickets, and big spin tickets, the majority of winner comes from the L.A. area. The number is like 98% of winners winning $100,000 and up are coming from LA. It seems to me that the LA area is ether the luckiest... [ More ]

Comment #25

Simba774 — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 02:47:39 GMT

I believe my family is going win the lottery, but I also believe the Mega Millions game rigged! How many people from California have won the MMs so far this year? At least five or six, and it has been in the 100 millions. The game is rigged.

Comment #24

Perfecttiming2 — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 01:28:45 GMT

WoW! 15 Jackpot wins for CA since 2005.......that's pretty darn cool!

Now if only my numbers would just show up......together......on one line....in the proper order....

Comment #23

rdgrnr — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 00:17:09 GMT

I don't think CA needs a civil war. They should stay intact and secede from the union instead. I think most of the country would be agreeable to that as long as Pelosi, Boxer, Feinstein and Waxman had to go with the deal.

And Ahnold, they'd have to keep Ahnold too.

We could create jobs by digging a a shipping canal from the ocean to Lake Tahoe, Nevada which would be our new west coast shipping center. If California objected to our canal we could just bomb them or something. It'd be nice if... [ More ]

Comment #22

Todd — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 22:09:36 GMT

Absolutely right! And it was also California's 15th Mega Millions jackpot overall. The first was won on Nov. 15, 2005 -- and the second was won 14 days later (Nov. 29, 2005)!

Mega Millions jackpots won in California to-date:

11/15/2005 - $315 Million 11/29/2005 - $35 Million (also won in Michigan) 12/30/2005 - $88 Million 06/16/2006 - $34 Million 05/11/2007 - $112 Million 09/21/2007 - $60 Million 01/02/2009 - $46 Million 05/01/2009 - $225 Million (also won in Ohio and Virginia) 05/15/2009... [ More ]

Comment #21

ressuccess — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 18:26:38 GMT

Todd, that was California's 4th Mega Millions Jackpot win in 2010

Comment #20

Perfecttiming2 — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 22:02:46 GMT

P.S.

Just an FYI........

I'm not dumping on Mega Millions, I do think that the MM payout is much better than PB and I am so grateful that CA has Mega Millions (Believe me!).........

And although there were some (in CA) who were against MM being here, I am sure the MM Jackpot winners in CA are glad that it came here too....

With that said.....

I still believe that Mega Millions will be the first to hit the $400 million mark and set a new record....it is only a matter of time....it... [ More ]

Comment #19

Perfecttiming2 — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 20:19:52 GMT

OK,

Going with 8.8 Mega Millions jackpot wins for California....

Not bad, considering we only had the game since June 2005....

(But if you went back to 2005, it would make it at least 9 wins....I think it was November 2005 that the workers in Garden Grove, CA won the $315M Mega Millions Jackpot...)

I do wonder though,

In 2004, CA had to decide whether to go with MM or PB.....

What if we had choosen Powerball, would Mega Millions have survived?

I know that there are 41 (?) st... [ More ]

Comment #18

fja — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 16:56:47 GMT

Year Jackpot wins 5+0

2007 Cali-2 / NY-2 Cali-117 / NY-111

2008 Cali-0 / NY-0.5 Cali-103 / NY-106

2009 Cali-2.8 / NY-5.5 Cali-104 / NY-141

2010 Cali- 4 / NY- 2 Cali- 82 / NY -84 (combined MM PB)

Total Cali-8.8 / NY-10 Cali-406 / NY - 442

Just wanted to see the numbers. These are close approximates...

The jackpot wins are all Megamillions (out of 48 jackpots hit since 2007

Comment #17

dpoly1 — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 15:15:37 GMT

I would visit Harrisburg, PA for a very brief time ...... if I won a Jackpot ........... because Pennsylvania is OK to visit, but I wouldn't want to live here !

Went to Cleveland, OH once .......... people didn't like our Steelers Jerseys

Comment #16

RJOh — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 14:53:11 GMT

I plan to visit Cleveland, Ohio if I win a jackpot because that's where the lottery headquarter hands out the checks.

Comment #15

dpoly1 — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 14:24:56 GMT

I visited Morro Bay in 1981, it is indeed a beautiful place.

I would visit again if I would win a jackpot

Comment #14

Daveyl — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 03:55:14 GMT

BR3TT722,

No, it's certainly NOT Always Cali . In fact, the vast majority of jackpot winners are back east. We do have our own Lottery Jackpot, though, and the winners naturally are from the state (or Mexico...

Comment #13

Daveyl — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 03:52:12 GMT

Dpoly, they dropped the suit, since their lawyer decided early on they didn't have a prayer to win on that basis. She was very generous to the employees at her workplace, and they should have appreciated the fact that she and my wife not only cooked a huge meal for them, but she bought several pizzas, fried chicken buckets and soft drinks for the celebration feast.

Comment #12

mike4u2nb — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 03:40:52 GMT

O.K. the stats in here show 1 in 175,711,536 spread over 41 states. That is just to win the big mega jack pot; the stats show that 3,904,701 to 1 for getting five numbers and not hitting the mega .Other stats show for Super Lotto plus in California are 41,416,353 to 1 for hitting all five plus the mega, and 1,592,937 to 1 hitting all five without the mega. Pretty high odds and that should reflect the numbers of winners per the most densely populated areas and the areas that have the highs amount... [ More ]

Comment #11

BR3TT722 — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 02:50:55 GMT

Congrats to the winner but dang its always cali

Comment #10

CAL-LottoPlayer — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 02:41:11 GMT

Dpoly1,

so tell us, what happened to your sister-in-law? Did she get sued or was she allowed to live in peace? Tell us, tell us, we want to hear the rest of your story.

But you're right of course. I have always said here, that it's best to go the blind trust route via attorney. $122,000 isn't that much so I don't know if I'd bother. After reading your post, perhaps I would now.

Comment #9

CAL-LottoPlayer — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 02:35:52 GMT

First, California is a big state and has the largest population so expect the most winners to be here. California is so big, that there has often been talk of splitting the state in two, a North and South as with the Civil War. Perhaps California will also have a civil war.

Second, because Morrow Bay is a seaside village, there is a chance the winner already has money and might not even need it. I'm just speculating, of course.

Comment #8

CAL-LottoPlayer — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 02:28:44 GMT

The store clerks don't get squat. Only the store owner gets the commission and they are, IMO, usually too cheap to give anything. I would be very surprised if the clerk got anything from the owner, except maybe a 100 bucks if the clerk is lucky. If I won $133M/3 $44.333M cash payout after taxes, I would certainly give a tip. I'd probably give about $12K. (Under IRS rules, a person can give up to $13K to another person without paying federal taxes

Comment #7

Daveyl — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 02:26:51 GMT

Dpoly1,

Whoever wins the lottery should be aware that, if someone knows they've won, which may be obvious after awhile, they'll try and get money from that winner. It is a fact of life that your Leaches gravitate toward people with money, particularly new money. Not only strangers, but family members, friends, associates and especially people who have participated in lottery pools with the winner (My sister-in-law won $122,000.00 jackpot in the California Lottery, and her fellow workers were... [ More ]

Comment #6

Todd — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 21:59:37 GMT

Yep, check the Related Stories box above.

Comment #5

RJOh — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 19:55:59 GMT

That's enough that the stores clerks shouldn't expect a tip from the winner.

Comment #4

Perfecttiming2 — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 19:48:25 GMT

August 28, 2010 headline

$133M Mega Million Jackpot goes to Calif Player

This is a repeat from five months ago....

March 6, 2010

California Player Wins $133M Mega Millions Jackpot

BTW, Morro Bay is a seaside village on the central coast of California (which is really beautiful). So if the person who won actually lives there, then that little bit of paradise just got sweeter. I hope the best for them and that they handle it well.

Comment #3

ThatScaryChick — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 18:12:36 GMT

Morro Bay liquor store to get $665,000 commission.

That's a nice sized commission.

Comment #2

HaveABall — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 17:24:44 GMT

Sheesh! another gross 3-digit millionaire California ticket jackpot winner ... the rest of the country needs hope too

Comment #1

dpoly1 — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 14:14:17 GMT

Nice win ...........

I hope that the winner is a nice person ..........

I also hope that they are not hounded by the leaches of society ............

Best wishes to all who win and also to those who don't

Mega Millions lottery ticket worth $133M sold in Calif.

Lottery Post — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 12:54:06 GMT

Morro Bay liquor store to get $665,000 commission

A $133 million lottery jackpot is more than the stuff of daydreams for one customer of a Morro Bay, California, liquor store.

Bottle Liquor and Deli at 999 Main St. in Morro Bay sold the winning Mega Millions lottery ticket, the only jackpot winner in Friday's 41-state drawing, according to the California Lottery.

The winning numbers: 4-10-26-32-41 and Mega 31.

The odds of winning a Mega Millions jackpot, according to the lottery: 1 i... [ More ]