California man claims $180 million lottery jackpot

Comment #23

benjaminyang — Mon, 15 Sep 2014 08:57:10 GMT

very very very lucky man, i wish one day i can be the lucky guy like him.

Comment #22

shadowlady — Wed, 10 Sep 2014 16:12:40 GMT

Sigh, California again.

Maybe I should find someone in California to buy and mail tickets to me -then maybe I would have a better chance at winning......

Comment #21

JackpotWanna — Sun, 07 Sep 2014 19:49:16 GMT

WTG

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jjtheprince — Sat, 06 Sep 2014 22:04:45 GMT

He should keep playing, he lives in California so he'll win more jackpots.

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OldSchoolPa — Sat, 06 Sep 2014 20:00:49 GMT

This sux! I hate this story. I play every single drawing of both Powerball and Mega Millions since 2011. $150 is most I have ever won and I think that came from state Lotto.

I will just continue to work hard, make money and play the lottery every drawing. I will increase plays when I feel lucky but I have been feeling more tired from long work hours than I have been feeling lucky

Comment #18

sully16 — Fri, 05 Sep 2014 16:59:41 GMT

Congrats to the lucky guy.

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noise-gate — Fri, 05 Sep 2014 14:44:32 GMT

Education- you gotta love it..

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Saylorgirl — Fri, 05 Sep 2014 11:37:23 GMT

When you go to pay at a store and your items are rung up the total amount comes to an even amount. Example at the grocery your total is $56.00 the next place you go your total is $11.00 and so on and so on.

Comment #15

golfer1960 — Fri, 05 Sep 2014 03:31:37 GMT

Hi Pia darling.

Yeah I was wondering what he meant by those phrases too.

I think the guy is crazy.

CRAZY RICH

Comment #14

Piaceri — Fri, 05 Sep 2014 02:35:05 GMT

Congrats to the Knudsen family!

Dumb question of the day - what do these phrases mean?

paying even dollar amounts, with no coins as change.

(changeless) receipts

I'm sure it's one a those California thangs. They cray-cray out there.

Comment #13

golfer1960 — Fri, 05 Sep 2014 02:06:52 GMT

Rick Knudsen says he only plays the lottery when I feel lucky, about four or five times a year.

These part-time players (winners) make me sick

Comment #12

noise-gate — Fri, 05 Sep 2014 00:06:44 GMT

No surprise here Tia- ALL Californians retire like so when they hit it big. It's not called the No Hesitation State for nothing

Comment #11

Kim9514 — Thu, 04 Sep 2014 19:03:39 GMT

Good information on this lottery forum website.

Comment #10

Saylorgirl — Thu, 04 Sep 2014 18:32:31 GMT

He only plays 4 or 5 times a year! He indeed was very lucky! Congratulations

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HaveABall — Thu, 04 Sep 2014 18:16:37 GMT

Good on him. This picture of Rick Knudson, looking uber wistful is adorable. He and his wife should frame it so that they can relive, AND other people can share in a person's extreme moment of super duper excitement

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s5thomps — Thu, 04 Sep 2014 17:57:46 GMT

A dollar and a dream! Got to be in it to win it! Congrats to the Knudsen's.

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music* — Thu, 04 Sep 2014 17:31:07 GMT

Congratulations to Rick Lorie Knudsen ! It is definitely a life changing moment.

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ThatScaryChick — Thu, 04 Sep 2014 15:42:14 GMT

Rick Knudsen says he only plays the lottery when I feel lucky, about four or five times a year.

Well, he was indeed very lucky. Congrats to him.

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maringoman — Thu, 04 Sep 2014 14:13:58 GMT

I'm not a doctor so they'll survive my abrupt departure

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IPlayWeekly — Thu, 04 Sep 2014 13:35:35 GMT

Great story

Comment #3

Todd — Thu, 04 Sep 2014 12:36:55 GMT

Fixed.

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PrinceRene — Thu, 04 Sep 2014 12:05:28 GMT

The first set of numbers on that ticket 5, 31, 34, 41, 7 with Mega Ball number 74 turned out to be the luckiest of his life.

Here is a typo. The winning numbers for the August 22, 2014 drawing where 5-31-34-41- 74 mega ball number: 3.

Comment #1

Tialuvslotto — Thu, 04 Sep 2014 12:04:47 GMT

The day after that [after winning], on Aug. 23, Knudsen retired from his job as manager of RWC Building Products, a roofing distributor in San Bernardino.

Now that's what I like to hear!

Best wishes to the winner and his family

California man claims $180 million lottery jackpot

Lottery Post — Thu, 04 Sep 2014 11:49:19 GMT

Rick Knudsen says he only plays the lottery when I feel lucky, about four or five times a year.

The 53-year-old Calimesa, California, man said he was feeling especially lucky on Aug. 21, so he bought a $5 Quick Pick at a 7-Eleven store near his home in the largely rural community of about 8,000 people just across the San Bernardino County line in Riverside County.

The first set of numbers on that ticket 5, 31, 34, 41, and 74 with Mega Ball number 3 turned out to be the luckiest of his life... [ More ]