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05.16.2009
California Sells Its Ninth MEGA Millions Jackpot Ticket In Irvine
SACRAMENTO – California State Lottery officials are excited to announce that California has sold its ninth MEGA Millions jackpot winning ticket!
One of the tickets matching last night’s winning combination of 48, 12, 24, 7, 36 and the Mega number 27, was sold at Irvine Market in Irvine, located at 2540 Main Street, Suite X. The $38 million jackpot prize will be split by two tickets that are worth $19 million each. The other ticket was sold in Virginia.
A jackpot winner has the opportunity to choose the cash value of their jackpot prize within 60 days of the claim date. The retailer that sold the jackpot ticket, Irvine Market, will receive a bonus of $95,000 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.
Three other tickets purchased for last night’s MEGA Millions draw matched five of six numbers and are worth $103,875 each. The tickets were purchased at the following locations:
| Sylmar |
Giant Liquor |
13845 Foothill Blvd. |
| Los Gatos |
7-Eleven |
657 N. Santa Cruz Avenue |
| Maywood |
Liborio Market |
6135 Atlantic Blvd. |
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 nine jackpots won in California, including the historic $315 million jackpot won on November 15, 2005, resulting in total jackpot winnings of more than $739 million.
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.
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