SACRAMENTO – California Lottery officials are asking for your help to find the winner of a soon-to-expire MEGA Millions ticket purchased in Los Angeles. The 180-day claim period for the ticket purchased in April ends in about a week. After that, the unclaimed prize will go to education.
| 4/25/08 |
Astro Liquor
10000 South Avalon Blvd. |
$ 184,196 |
19 32 37 45 52 |
41 |
10/22/2008 |
The winning numbers on the ticket are 19, 32, 37, 45, 52 and the Mega number is 41. The ticket was purchased at Astro Liquor in Los Angeles. The retailer is located at 10000 South Avalon Boulevard.
The California Lottery recommends winners 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.
For the fiscal year 2006-2007, more than $29 million in prizes went unclaimed. Players can always check past winning numbers by visiting the Lottery’s Web site at www.calottery.com, select the game played and click on the link to “Winning Numbers.”
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.