SACRAMENTO – California Lottery officials are excited to announce that two tickets in Friday night’s MEGA Millions draw are each worth $157,226! Though they didn’t win the jackpot, they did match 5 out of 6 numbers. The winning number combination was 5, 9, 12, 33, 40 with 27 as the MEGA number. One ticket was purchased at Starshine Market in San Diego and the other at Hazit Mini Mart in Temecula.
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. Winners have 180 days from the date of the draw to claim their prize.
The winning retailer locations are Starshine Market located at 4475 Clairemont Mesa Blvd in San Diego and Hazit Mini Mart located at 44564 Pala Rd. in Temecula.
The California State 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 more than $19 billion to California schools out of total sales of more than $52 billion. Retailers win too, earning $3.3 billion in compensation since 1985.