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Woman wins $20 million in California scratch-off
She took home the biggest prize possible in the game as several others in the state won millions from their own scratch-offs.
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She took home the biggest prize possible in the game as several others in the state won millions from their own scratch-offs.
The last time a Mega Millions jackpot was won was Oct. 14, when holders of two tickets sold in California and Florida shared a $502 million pot of gold.
Officials say it is the second-largest Mega Millions jackpot in 2022, surpassing the $502 million jackpot claimed in October.
Office manager Lori Janes said everyone at the event was "going insane" when the winning ticket was revealed.
The winning ticket was sold at a Chevron gas station on Fulton Avenue. Winners have up to six months to claim the prize.
One extremely lucky person in California has won the record-setting $2.04 billion Powerball jackpot.
Lottery officials said one state was still processing its sales data. The jackpot is the largest for any lottery, anywhere, ever.
Statistically, a Powerball player is much more likely to be attacked by a grizzly bear at Yellowstone National Park.
The jackpot has eluded players since Aug. 3, the last time anyone matched all five winning numbers and the Powerball.
There were no winning tickets sold for Monday night's Powerball drawing so the grand prize for Wednesday night's selections will be a minimum of roughly $1.2 billion.
The Powerball prize is its second-largest ever, officials said.
No one won Wednesday's pot of gold of about $700 million, which was already the game's largest this year.
Now might just be a good time to buy a Powerball ticket.
The jackpot, which crossed the $600M mark Saturday, is the eighth-largest Powerball prize to date.
The Powerball jackpot for Saturday's drawing is estimated to be $580 million, lottery officials announced Friday. It marks the tenth-largest Powerball jackpot ever.
The jackpot marks the tenth-largest Powerball jackpot ever.
The winner says he would use it to pay bills, or possibly "for something fun like a Jet Ski."
It was an itch to get rich. One customer at a small Auburn store just scratched his way into multi-millionaire status.
It's the most somebody has ever won in California from a scratchers ticket, a $20 million prize. Some customers are surprised that such a large jackpot was sold at their small neighborhood market. The store owner didn't want to go on camera but he says the winner is a regular customer and a nice guy.
There was one winning ticket in the draw Friday night, and it was bought in Illinois, according to megamillions.com.
The cash value option of Friday's jackpot is $742.2 million.
Now that the Mega Millions lottery jackpot has topped $1 billion — only the fourth time a lottery game has reached such heights — plenty of people who rarely play the game are considering risking $2 or joining an office pool in hopes of an immense payoff.
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