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With $63M jackpot expiring today, Calif. Lottery sued by owner of damaged ticketNews Story
A man who claims he purchased the winning $63 million SuperLotto Plus ticket purchased in Chatsworth has taken legal action to be declared the winner as lottery officials continue their search for a last-minute winner. The winning ticket for the Aug. 8 drawing was sold at the 7-Eleven store located at 20871 Lassen Street and whoever bought that ticket has 180 days to claim their prize, Lottery Post reported. The ticket matched all of the winning numbers: 1, 16, 30, 33, and 46, with Mega nu
Feb 4, 2016, 2:16 pm - Lottery News

$63 million California Lottery jackpot expires ThursdayNews Story
Like a magical horse-drawn carriage that transforms into a pumpkin at midnight, someone's winning $63-million lottery ticket is about to turn into a worthless scrap of paper, according to California Lottery officials. A winning SuperLotto Plus ticket purchased at a Chatsworth convenience store in August has yet to be redeemed at a California Lottery office, even though a deadline is fast approaching. If the lucky winner fails to show up at a lottery office by 5 p.m. Thursday, they will for
Feb 3, 2016, 8:53 am - Lottery News

California Lottery officials seized surveillance footage from store that sold Powerball ticketNews Story
Whoever bought the winning Powerball ticket from a Chino Hills, California, 7-Eleven remains a mystery, even to the store's owner. Balbir Atwal, who made national news last week when the public learned that his store had sold one of the jackpot-winning tickets, said he has no idea who the winner is. And he can't even look it up. Lottery officials seized the store's security camera footage and other materials that could contain clues about the winner's identity. California Lottery spokesman
Jan 20, 2016, 6:14 pm - Lottery News

Lottery officials say identifying winners a mustNews Story
States wrestle with winners' privacy vs. integrity of games In the California lottery handbook for winners, officials offer a few suggestions to newly minted millionaires. Change your number. Stop answering your phone. And find a reputable financial adviser. That's because along with the money comes 15 minutes of fame as the names of winners are required to be made public in California and many other states. All eyes are on the Los Angeles suburb of Chino Hills, where one of three ticke
Jan 19, 2016, 12:24 pm - Lottery News

Record $1.6 billion Powerball jackpot won by 3 ticketsNews Story
Winning Powerball lottery tickets sold in California, Florida, and Tennessee Final jackpot total of $1.5864 billion will be split 3 ways How would you react if you won? By Todd Northrop The largest lottery jackpot the world has ever seen has been won Wednesday night by three tickets sold in California, Florida, and Tennessee. Since the initial jackpot estimate was set to $1.3 billion early Sunday morning, the Powerball lottery jackpot was raised two more times before the Wednesday
Jan 14, 2016, 2:51 am - Lottery News

$63 million California Lottery ticket expires soonNews Story
State no longer publishes surveillance video of ticket purchases to find winners A $63 million Super Lotto prize may become the largest unclaimed prize in California, but many prizes big and small go unclaimed every year, a spokesperson for the California Lottery Commission said Saturday. Roughly $25 million per year in winnings are not claimed, said Alex Traverso. So, it's quite a bit of money when you add it up, he said. The lottery winner in Southern California still has not clai
Dec 17, 2015, 9:15 am - Lottery News

Calif. man wins $10M lottery prize right after winning $1KNews Story
Just moments after winning $1,000 on a California Lottery scratch-off ticket, a Modesto man learned that he was the winner of a $10 million prize. Rodney Meadows was out running errands Nov. 23 when he decided to pick up some $30 California Lottery 30th anniversary scratchers tickets from the Fast Mart at 3955 Coffee Road in Modesto, according to lottery officials. Meadows won $1,000 on the first ticket he bought, so he decided to let it ride. [Meadows] scratched $1,000 and he came ba
Dec 2, 2015, 9:04 am - Lottery News

Calif. Lottery looking for $63 million winnerNews Story
Someone could be $63 million richer, but just doesn't know it yet. The California Lottery is looking for the winner of a SuperLotto Plus ticket valued at $63 million, which was sold in August at a 7-Eleven store, at 20871 Lassen St., in Chatsworth. It's been three months since the winning ticket was drawn on Aug. 8 and a winner was announced. But even after all that time, no one has called to claim the huge prize, lottery spokesman Alex Traverso said. And the time to claim the winnings
Nov 11, 2015, 8:59 am - Lottery News

California Lottery computer glitch shuts down terminalsNews Story
It's an unlucky day for the California Lottery. A computer glitch on Monday shut down lottery terminals around the state, preventing players from getting numbers for Powerball and other games. Only the scratch-off tickets were still being sold. Lottery spokesman Alex Traverso says there was a loss of signal that prevented the terminals from connecting to the system that generates the numbers. Traverso says about 350 out of 22,000 stores were affected, some for as long as five hours, but
Nov 10, 2015, 8:24 am - Lottery News

One in hospital, one in jail after lottery ticket fightNews Story
One man is in the hospital and a second is in jail Monday after an argument over lottery tickets at a San Francisco, California, market turned violent. The incident happened at about 3:50 p.m. Friday at Bernal Heights Market near 30th and Mission streets in the Mission District. The dispute involved the suspect, a man wearing a blue cap, who allegedly attacked the victim, who can be seen in surveillance video wearing a black jacket with an orange shirt underneath. Minutes later, they g
Nov 10, 2015, 7:48 am - Lottery News