SACRAMENTO – A winning MEGA Millions ticket worth $149,529 was sold in Claremont for last night’s draw.
The ticket was purchased at the Stater Bros. located at 1055 West Foothill Boulevard. The winning numbers are 46, 12, 26, 50, 10, and the Mega number is 23. A ticket in New York matched 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 (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.