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California Lottery confirms homeless man as winner of $1 million scratch-off prizeNews Story
Months after viral story, winner tells Lottery he plans to keep a lower profile By Kate Northrop The California Lottery has confirmed they awarded a $1 million prize win to a homeless man who went viral on social media for his touching story. Back in April, video footage of an unidentified homeless man circulated online of him celebrating a life-changing prize that would get him off the streets. Just this week, the California Lottery revealed his identity and confirmed him as the leg
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Pizza purchase leads to $1 million lottery win for California veteranNews Story
When the moon hits your eye like a big pizza pie (That's amore) By Kate Northrop A California veteran, a longtime lottery fan who has played for 40 years, said it was because of a pizza purchase that he ended up winning a $1 million top prize. A California man said he needed change for a tip, and one thing led to another when a simple transaction turned into a $1 million lottery payday. McKinley Nelson told California Lottery officials that his wife was craving pizza, so they pla
Jun 19, 2025, 7:53 am - Lottery News

Homeless man wins $1 million on California Lottery scratch-off ticketNews Story
I'm not homeless anymore! Lottery prize changes life overnight Includes video report By Kate Northrop A homeless man in California will be able to afford a place of his own after winning a life-changing $1 million prize on a scratch-off ticket. Man, I'm not homeless anymore! an unidentified California man exclaimed after hitting the jackpot on a $1 million winning lottery ticket. The winner, who has not been publicly identified, gave a local business owner permission to post
May 2, 2025, 8:56 am - Lottery News

One lottery ticket sold in California wins $526.5 million Powerball jackpotNews Story
Half-billion lottery jackpot scooped up by one winner in last night's draw By Kate Northrop Last night's Powerball drawing produced a single winning ticket for the $526.5 million jackpot, giving someone in California a half a billion reasons to celebrate. The multi-state Powerball lottery game produced a winner from California on Saturday, March 29, which resulted in a single ticket worth $526.5 million in 30 annual payments over 29 years or $243.8 million in cash all at once. Th
Mar 31, 2025, 5:04 pm - Lottery News

California Lottery reveals winner of $1.27 billion Mega Millions jackpotNews Story
She's the winner of the largest Mega Millions prize in the state By Kate Northrop The California Lottery officially announced the winner of the historic $1.27 billion Mega Millions jackpot, the game's largest win in the state. California Lottery officials held a live press conference in Cottonwood on Monday to reveal the winner of the $1.269 billion Mega Millions jackpot drawn in December 2024. Someone in the state of California started off 2025 a lottery winner of a billion-doll
Mar 18, 2025, 7:59 am - Lottery News

Lucky number 19 is incredibly coincidental for California lottery winner of $1 millionNews Story
Unexpected circumstances give winner a new lucky number By Kate Northrop The number 19 pulled through for one California man in an astonishing number of ways, including in the form of a $1 million top prize on a scratch-off ticket. One California resident will forever credit the number 19 as his luckiest number after several instances of the number coincided with his spectacular $1 million win in the lottery. Jess Daniels was facing a long day of errands what better way to break
Mar 14, 2025, 7:27 am - Lottery News

Text from colleague prompts California man to discover he won $1.2 million Mega Millions prizeNews Story
Co-worker's joke turns into million-dollar reality By Kate Northrop A casual text message conversation between co-workers prompted a California man to check the results of a Mega Millions lottery drawing, only to discover he had won $1.2 million. Had it not been for a text message alert from a colleague, one California man might not have thought to check his Mega Millions ticket, let alone discover he had won a $1.2 million lottery prize. On Nov. 5, 2024, Michael Chavez had elect
Jan 31, 2025, 8:28 am - Lottery News

California Lottery launches its first $40 scratch-off to commemorate 40 yearsNews Story
Celebratory game now the most expensive ticket in the state By Kate Northrop Last week, the California Lottery's first $40 scratch-off game, its most expensive ticket, made its debut to celebrate the Lottery's 40-year history. The California Lottery's new $40 scratch-off game, which marks four decades of state lottery history, offers players a higher price point than the previous maximum of $30. 40 Years of Play! is the California Lottery's latest family of scratch-off games, fea
Jan 28, 2025, 7:51 am - Lottery News

$2 billion Powerball lottery winner Edwin Castro's Malibu mansion destroyed in LA Palisades FireNews Story
Lottery winner's house is one of thousands of homes decimated by horrific fires By Kate Northrop $2 billion Powerball lottery winner Edwin Castro's $3.8 million Malibu home was one of the many homes flattened in the Palisades Fire disaster that has been ravaging Los Angeles County since Tuesday. The ongoing Palisades Fire has utterly decimated residential areas in Los Angeles County, erasing more than 10,000 homes and other structures. One of those homes is a $3.8 million Malibu mans
Jan 11, 2025, 9:46 am - Lottery News

One California ticket wins $1.269 billion Mega Millions jackpotNews Story
Fifth $1 billion+ jackpot won in California Updated with final jackpot totals By Todd Northrop After a run of 30 drawings without a jackpot winner, the 31st drawing of the multi-state Mega Millions game produced a single $1.269 billion winner last night when one lottery ticket sold in California matched all five numbers plus the Mega Ball. It was the 12th time a lottery jackpot had grown to more than $1 billion, and the 11th time a single ticket won $1 billion or more. For C
Dec 28, 2024, 8:08 am - Lottery News