SACRAMENTO – A lucky California Lottery player who purchased a ticket in Maywood for last night’s MEGA Millions® draw is about to cash in. Their ticket matched five of six numbers, missing only the Mega number, and is worth $273,378.
The winning ticket was purchased at La Michoacana Meat Market, which is located at 4045 East 52nd Street. The winning numbers were 3, 29, 34, 42, 49 and the Mega number was 29. No one matched all six numbers, and Tuesday’s jackpot is projected to be $25 million.
The California Lottery wants to remind winners to sign the backs of their tickets, keep tickets in a safe place and contact Lottery officials or visit their 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 nearly $56 billion. Retailers benefit too, earning $3.6 billion in compensation since 1985.