SACRAMENTO – Two California Lottery tickets purchased in the central part of the state for last night’s MEGA Millions® draw are worth $330,008 each. The tickets were bought in Ridgecrest and Merced and matched five of six numbers, missing only the Mega number.
The winning tickets were purchased at Albertsons, which is located at 927 South China Lake Boulevard in Ridgecrest. The other winning ticket was purchased at Circle ‘G’ Mini Mart located at 3250 G Street in Merced. The winning numbers were 12, 14, 16, 31, 50, and the Mega number was 9. No one matched all six numbers, and Friday’s jackpot is projected to be $81 million.
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 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.
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