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Mega Millions lottery ticket worth $61 million sold in CaliforniaNews Story
By Todd Northrop The winning ticket for Friday night's Mega Millions drawing was sold in Laguna Hills, California. The ticket matching all six winning numbers was purchased at a 7-Eleven located at 27001 Moulton Parkway, according to a news release Saturday from the California Lottery. The winner, who has not yet come forward, will have the choice of taking the annual payments over 29 years, accumulating to $61 million, or taking a lump sum cash payout of $37.3 million. The winning n
May 1, 2017, 8:58 am - Lottery News

California Lottery delaying payouts to winnersNews Story
If you win a California Lottery scratchers prize above $600, you'll now have to wait much longer to get that money. The California Lottery says the reason is simple: they can't keep up with all the recent winnings. Winners used to receive their payouts in less than 6 weeks, but due the high volume of recent winners the estimated time is now between 12 to 14 weeks. While you can still redeem scratchers winnings of $599 or less at the stores where you bought them, $600 prizes require peop
Mar 9, 2017, 7:53 am - Lottery News

California man claims $191M Mega Millions jackpotNews Story
A California man won $191 million dollars off a Mega Millions lottery ticket he bought in Primm, officials with California Lottery announced Friday. Jack Freney bought the ticket at Primm Valley Lotto, a lottery retailer located at 31900 S. Las Vegas Blvd., which is a few feet west of the Nevada-California stateline and technically in California. This will allow me to correct all the wrong that I have incurred in my lifetime, Freney told California Lottery officials. The jackpot was dr
Feb 18, 2017, 10:47 am - Lottery News

$188 million winning Mega Millions lottery ticket sold in CaliforniaNews Story
A lottery ticket with all six winning numbers in the latest multi-state Mega Millions draw was sold just inside the California border and its owner must decide whether to receive the $188 million jackpot in 30 installments or its $113.6 million cash value, the California Lottery announced today. The numbers drawn Friday night were 17, 37, 53, 54, and 61, with Mega Ball number 8. The Megaplier was 3. The drawing was the 20th since the last time a ticket matching all six numbers was sold.
Jan 28, 2017, 3:11 pm - Lottery News

San Francisco man defies odds; claims 2nd lottery jackpotNews Story
A lucky San Francisco man recently became a multi-millionaire after winning a top prize from a California Lottery ticket for the second time in a little over a year. Frank Derfield, 53, is crediting stupid luck for winning $5 million from a Scratchers ticket he bought in September, just 14 months after he had already won $100,000 from a different winning ticket, according to lottery officials. On Sept. 13, Derfield purchased a few 100X the Money Scratchers tickets at WC Liquor and Grocerie
Nov 1, 2016, 7:17 pm - Lottery News

Investigators claim Calif. Lottery paying out jackpots it shouldn't to avoid bad pressNews Story
Includes video report Two California Lottery insiders claim the lottery sometimes chooses image over integrity. CBS2's David Goldstein previously reported on a man who collected a nearly $2 million Powerball check, even though he said he lost the ticket. And the chief Lottery investigator said in her report he couldn't provide substantial proof that he was the winner, which is required by law. Insiders say it's not the first time that people have been paid when investigators say they
Oct 30, 2016, 9:03 am - Lottery News

California man credits Virgin Mary with $1.2M lottery winNews Story
An 86-year-old California man said the Virgin Mary may have had something to do with his $696,000 California Lottery payout. Daniel Mendez of San Jose told California Lottery officials he has been watering the flowers his wife planted around the Virgin Mary statue at Our Lady of Refuge Catholic Church every four or five days since last year, and he always follows up the tradition by purchasing $4 worth of lottery scratch-off tickets. Mendez's routine paid off recently when one of his two S
Sep 8, 2016, 7:21 pm - Lottery News

California co-winners of $1.6B Powerball jackpot finally come forwardNews Story
Six months after someone in California was announced a co-winner in the historic $1.6 billion Powerball jackpot, the mystery buyer has finally been revealed and it's a couple who were laying low on purpose, lottery officials said. Newly minted millionaires Marvin and Mae Acosta said in a statement Tuesday that they were thankful for the rare gift that has been placed in our care after hitting all of the numbers. The couple have taken home their share a cash option of $327.8 before taxes fr
Jul 19, 2016, 4:23 pm - Lottery News

Birthday Fantasy 5 win for CalifornianNews Story
A San Diego resident kicked off his birthday by winning over a half-million dollars in the Fantasy 5 lottery, and had to step outside of a dinner gathering to double-check his ticket in disbelief. Sean Zanderson from Encinitas realized he won when his ticket matched five numbers out of 36 for the May 1 Fantasy Five drawing, winning $543,579. California Lottery officials say this is the largest Fantasy 5 prize that any lottery players have won this year in California. I was out with my gir
May 19, 2016, 11:18 pm - Lottery News

Twin sisters split $6 million California Lottery prizeNews Story
Twin sisters from California are now millionaires after winning $6 million in a scratch-off lotto ticket. The fraternal twin sisters, who are in their early 40s, will not be splitting the money exactly in half, however. We had a longstanding rule and Laura established it because she's so unlucky that whoever buys the ticket gets 60 percent and the other gets 40 percent, Lisa Toton said, referring to her twin, Laura Poorman. Toton, who, like her sister lives in San Ramon, California, pu
Feb 23, 2016, 4:59 pm - Lottery News