California man wins half of $61M Mega Millions jackpot

Comment #49

mcginnin56 — Sat, 10 Nov 2012 21:03:25 GMT

Would this qualify as saying something intelligent.

Comment #48

Ronnie316 — Sat, 10 Nov 2012 15:19:58 GMT

Perhaps a law making them a protected class is in order.......

Comment #47

mcginnin56 — Sat, 03 Nov 2012 16:11:45 GMT

Why don't people understand this.

Comment #46

Ronnie316 — Sat, 03 Nov 2012 15:55:42 GMT

chauffeurs kids need love too.......

Comment #45

mcginnin56 — Thu, 01 Nov 2012 12:06:03 GMT

They need the extra money to put their chauffeurs kids through Ivy League schools.

Comment #44

whiteballz — Thu, 01 Nov 2012 11:57:50 GMT

it's been two weeks since this article was written and there is nothing about the winner on the CA lottery website or the official MM website. I wonder what's taking so long.

Comment #43

LottoBoner — Mon, 22 Oct 2012 15:53:17 GMT

May 15, 2012 - $25 million won by Ruth Kraft of Beverly Hills, CA

I wonder if this the same Kraft of Salad Dressing Fortune.

I thought they were all rich in Beverly hills, what do they need more money for?

(cue the bentley

Comment #42

Ronnie316 — Mon, 22 Oct 2012 15:42:49 GMT

But do they have clean accessible rest rooms.....

Comment #41

golfer1960 — Mon, 22 Oct 2012 15:29:11 GMT

Yes haymaker, we have Wawa here too. They sell lottery tix but I usually go to 7-11 for tix because I love the coffee there. I also go to Kwik Farms stores (Luk Oil gas stations) for tix.

Comment #40

pickone4me — Mon, 22 Oct 2012 00:08:05 GMT

Nice sarcasm bit anyways.

Comment #39

mcginnin56 — Sun, 21 Oct 2012 11:54:29 GMT

Just to be extra safe pickone4me, better to not play lottery, scratch, card or casino games of any type.

For that matter a wager on anything, even betting on how long it would take for a chicken to cross the road, is probably rigged by the state.

Hopefully all who heed this advice will follow suit. Trust, integrity, peace and order shall be restored. Lives will be saved. God bless America.

Comment #38

weshar75 — Sun, 21 Oct 2012 04:05:06 GMT

Man cali sure does win their fair share of the mega millions jackpots and if they join powerball you can expect that to happen in powerball too. I am just asking for one before I take the dirt nap.-weshar75

Comment #37

pickone4me — Sun, 21 Oct 2012 00:19:09 GMT

Not too often we get a big winner. Because we're talking about 38 different states that are in the pool for the Mega Millions so it's yeah it's kind of a big deal for California to have a big winner, said California State Lottery Fresno supervisor Henry Hernandez.

These are from the official mega millions website

2012

October 16, 2012 - $61 million jackpot 2 winning tickets ($30.5 million each) Won in Fresno, CA (unclaimed) Won in Hyannis, MA (unclaimed)

Sept. 18, 2012 - $15 mill... [ More ]

Comment #36

haymaker — Sat, 20 Oct 2012 23:45:24 GMT

There's one 7-11 not to far from me that's considered a lucky location and I buy tix. there sometimes, but that's the only thing I buy there,

use to go there more often when I lived in that town.

Comment #35

haymaker — Sat, 20 Oct 2012 23:33:55 GMT

Yo Golfer1960,

Down here we have stores called wawa and some have gaspumps, to bad they don't sell tix.

they all over the place here, don't know if they expanded as far north as you are.

Comment #34

phibeta1914 — Sat, 20 Oct 2012 08:38:17 GMT

Absurd for the lottery official to state they rarely have jackpot winners.... I'd have to see stats to believe the ratio of winning tickets to tickets sold is the same for cali as other places. I accept politics and business play a role in the lottery.

Comment #33

golfer1960 — Fri, 19 Oct 2012 23:08:48 GMT

Stop, you're making me cry

Comment #32

mcginnin56 — Fri, 19 Oct 2012 23:06:40 GMT

I won't ever bring up that sewer sludge, that gets recycled and filtered back into your water supply.

That would be just cruel and insensitive

Comment #31

golfer1960 — Fri, 19 Oct 2012 22:57:23 GMT

mcgininin you're killing me

Comment #30

mcginnin56 — Fri, 19 Oct 2012 22:53:06 GMT

Wow! Does it still have that light brown color, with a funky odor?

They should bottle that stuff, I'd buy a few cases just for bragging rights!

I wouldn't drink it though, I'd use it as my transmission fluid.

Comment #29

golfer1960 — Fri, 19 Oct 2012 22:42:50 GMT

I know you're kidding brother! New Jersey is getting better.

We've even got clean water now

Comment #28

mcginnin56 — Fri, 19 Oct 2012 22:38:57 GMT

They're probably too clean for New Jerseys low standards.

(just kiddding golfer!).

Comment #27

golfer1960 — Fri, 19 Oct 2012 22:33:51 GMT

Ronnie, I never heard of these stores. They are nice. We don't have any in my area of New Jersey.

Comment #26

Ronnie316 — Fri, 19 Oct 2012 16:49:39 GMT

You will need to get in line behind AZ because I have a lock on the winning numbers.......

Besides, tonight is an MM draw so you will need to wait til tomorrow to win the PB draw..........

Comment #25

RJOh — Fri, 19 Oct 2012 15:16:04 GMT

Tonight's PB losers won't be able to blame the results on California so they'll have to blame another state. I hope it's Ohio.

Comment #24

Ronnie316 — Fri, 19 Oct 2012 15:05:42 GMT

The 7-11s around here are poorly run and desperate for customers. There is always a clerk who hates working there and is pleased to make sure everyone knows just how much they hate their job.

Comment #23

RJOh — Fri, 19 Oct 2012 14:59:41 GMT

It was three 7-11 stores that the investment group from Australia used years ago when they tried to buy all the possible combinations for the Virgina lottery. The history of 7-11 stores and lotteries go back a few years.

Comment #22

Ronnie316 — Fri, 19 Oct 2012 14:57:51 GMT

QT came in with clean stores that have clean and accessible rest rooms.Everyone is more than happy to pay a few extra cents for gas at any one of the abundant locations.... Your truly included...... lol. lol.

Comment #21

golfer1960 — Fri, 19 Oct 2012 14:54:01 GMT

why is that, Ronnie

Comment #20

mcginnin56 — Fri, 19 Oct 2012 14:53:39 GMT

Were just a big think tank here golfer, always gotta be looking for that next elusive opportunity.

Good luck this evening

Comment #19

Ronnie316 — Fri, 19 Oct 2012 14:46:43 GMT

7-11 is a thing of the past in AZ.

Comment #18

golfer1960 — Fri, 19 Oct 2012 14:44:52 GMT

mcginnin, you're so clever! You're killing me brother

Comment #17

jamella724 — Fri, 19 Oct 2012 13:49:19 GMT

That's totally a good news for the people of California... How I wish I was there too at the 7-Eleven store to shake his hands. Who could that be the second person who've won the other half of the $61 million? Just a thought of who's the other half...

Comment #16

dallascowboyfan — Fri, 19 Oct 2012 12:17:42 GMT

Congratulations the winner.....

Comment #15

mcginnin56 — Fri, 19 Oct 2012 12:04:56 GMT

7-11 sells a lot of winning tickets just because of their sheer volume of stores.

They sold one of the winning tickets, for the $658 million Mega Millions Jackpot back in March.

Maybe people should network, and start lottery pools with other 7-11 stores throughout the country.

Lets start pools of 711 people, who each invest $711, for 7 months and 11 days, at 711 stores.

Comment #14

RedStang — Fri, 19 Oct 2012 05:05:45 GMT

Thats a big chunk of change for the store.

Comment #13

Cletu$2 — Fri, 19 Oct 2012 05:04:56 GMT

7-11 sold him the winning ticket.

Comment #12

KY Floyd — Fri, 19 Oct 2012 04:16:20 GMT

A 7-Eleven official confirmed that man was the winner of the $30.5 million MEGA Millions jackpot.

When did California privatize their lottery, and why did they pick 7 Eleven

Comment #11

rcbbuckeye — Fri, 19 Oct 2012 02:02:38 GMT

With as many people in Ca, 2nd prize is no big deal.

Again.... more people in Ca, more in Ca buy tics, more winners as a result. We're not talking calculus here.

Comment #10

phibeta1914 — Fri, 19 Oct 2012 01:58:40 GMT

What was that lottery official talking about? California always seems to win Mega, they have at least one second prize winner every drawing. Makes you wonder...

Comment #9

golfer1960 — Thu, 18 Oct 2012 17:04:36 GMT

Great idea Ronnie, thanks

Comment #8

Ronnie316 — Thu, 18 Oct 2012 17:02:57 GMT

Send him $20. and get 2 lines for 10 draws...... Perhaps you will win.....

Comment #7

golfer1960 — Thu, 18 Oct 2012 17:00:21 GMT

Yeah man! California has hit 5 jackpots this year. And my brother in LA won't even play the lottery (sigh).

Comment #6

Ronnie316 — Thu, 18 Oct 2012 15:43:00 GMT

Awesome win

Comment #5

golfer1960 — Thu, 18 Oct 2012 15:41:20 GMT

Sully, you have a great heart. Not a jealous bone in your body. I wish I was more like you. I'm learning from your example.

Comment #4

sully16 — Thu, 18 Oct 2012 14:00:50 GMT

Nice job Alex, congrats and enjoy.

Comment #3

Cletu$2 — Thu, 18 Oct 2012 13:49:41 GMT

Congrats on your win,Alex.

Comment #2

helpmewin — Thu, 18 Oct 2012 12:10:17 GMT

Congrats! Alex hope you spend your money wisely.

Comment #1

mcginnin56 — Thu, 18 Oct 2012 11:15:51 GMT

Hurrah again for California!

I knew you guys would pull it off again.

California man wins half of $61M Mega Millions jackpot

Lottery Post — Thu, 18 Oct 2012 10:55:20 GMT

A California man is $30.5 million richer after splitting Tuesday night's $61 million Mega Millions jackpot with a co-winner from Massachusetts.

he winning ticket was sold at the 7-Eleven store on Shaw and Maple in the last week.

Just after 7 a.m. Wednesday morning there was a small celebration going on inside the 7-Eleven store across the street from Fresno State. The clerks were shaking the hands with a man and smiling. A 7-Eleven official confirmed that man was the winner of the $30.5 mi... [ More ]