SACRAMENTO – California Lottery officials are excited to announce that a player from California matched all six numbers in last night’s draw. The ticket is worth $166.5 million, which is the second largest California MEGA Millions jackpot to date.
One of the tickets matching last night’s winning combination of 37, 1, 17, 31, 54 and Mega number 31, was sold at Kim Ky Noodle, located at 1108 South San Gabriel Boulevard in San Gabriel. The $333 million jackpot prize will be split by two tickets that are worth $166.5 million each. The other ticket was sold in New York.
Six other tickets purchased statewide for last night’s MEGA Millions draw matched five of six numbers and are worth $220,778 each. The tickets were purchased at the following locations:
| Fountain Valley |
Fountain Valley Fuel |
17971 Brookhurst Street |
| East Palo Alto |
Pal Market |
2386 Cooley Avenue |
| La Habra |
Shop N Go Market |
671 South Beach Boulevard |
| Whittier |
Cordial Liquor |
13330 Meyer Road |
| Alhambra |
7-Eleven |
1200 Garfield Avenue |
| Menlo Park |
Chevron #1717 |
1399 Willow Road |
A jackpot winner has the opportunity to choose the cash value of the jackpot prize within 60 days of the claim date. The cash option amount is not available at this time.
The retailer that sold the jackpot ticket, Kim Ky Noodle, will receive a bonus of $832,500 for selling their portion of the jackpot. Jackpot winners have 365 days from the date of the draw to claim the jackpot prize. All other prize winners have 180 days from the date of the draw to claim their prize.
If you are the winner, the Lottery wants to remind you to sign your ticket, put it in a safe place and contact Lottery officials or visit your local Lottery District Office (http://www.calottery.com/AboutUs/Locations) as soon as you can.
Counting last night’s winning ticket, there have been 10 MEGA Millions jackpots won in California, including the historic $315 million jackpot won on November 15, 2005, which was the largest California jackpot ever. MEGA Millions is a multi-state game that is played in California and 11 other states.
More than 95 cents of every Lottery dollar is returned to the community in the form of contributions to education, prizes and retail commissions. The California Lottery contributes at least 34 cents of every dollar that players spend on Lottery products to public education and returns more than 50 percent of sales to players in the form of prizes. Since its inception in 1985, the Lottery has contributed nearly $21 billion to California schools out of total sales of more than $56 billion. Retailers benefit too, earning $3.6 billion in compensation since 1985.