SACRAMENTO – A postal worker from Manifee successfully matched 5 of 6 numbers for the April 28 drawing of Mega Millions, winning $133,825.
Eugene Cheeseman, 52, who works as a postal service supervisor in Moreno Valley, said he hopes to put his winnings toward debt reduction and a new car for his wife. “I’m going to buy my wife an SUV and not have to worry about the payments,” he said.
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 nearly $56 billion. Retailers benefit too, earning $3.6 billion in compensation since 1985.