SACRAMENTO – From the north to the south, California Lottery players have a quarter-million more reasons for some holiday cheer. That’s because two MEGA Millions® tickets purchased in the Bay Area and San Bernardino County hit five of six winning numbers in last night’s drawing, missing only the Mega number. Each winning ticket is worth $256,907.
The MEGA Millions® tickets were purchased in San Leandro at Windsor Liquors, 1992 Lewelling Boulevard, and in Fontana at Heritage Village Shell #76, which is located at 7330 Cherry Avenue. The winning numbers are 27, 16, 10, 19, 48, and the Mega number is 25. A ticket from Ohio did match all six numbers and will take home the grand prize.
The California Lottery wants to remind winners to sign the back of their tickets, keep tickets in a safe place and contact Lottery officials or visit your local Lottery District Office (http://www.calottery.com/AboutUs/Locations) as soon as possible. Winners have 180 days from the date of the draw to claim prizes.
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.