MEGA Millions Ticket Sold in Indio Worth $185,818

03.19.2008
MEGA Millions Ticket Sold in Indio Worth $185,818

SACRAMENTO – While no one matched all five winning numbers and the MEGA number to win Tuesday night’s top jackpot for MEGA Millions, one ticket holding the first five numbers was sold in the desert.

The winning ticket is worth $185, 818 and was sold at Longs Drug No. 12 located at 49980 Jefferson Street in Indio. Since no one matched all six numbers, the MEGA Millions jackpot has risen to $83 million for Friday night’s draw.

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 (http://www.calottery.com/AboutUs/Locations) as soon as possible. Winners have 180 days from the date of the draw to claim prizes.

Every penny of unclaimed prizes is added to the contribution the Lottery delivers to California schools. Last fiscal year, more than $29 million in unclaimed prizes was forwarded to public education.

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 more than $20 billion to California schools out of total sales of nearly $55 billion. Retailers benefit too, earning $3.5 billion in compensation since 1985.

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