California Lottery

Powerball tickets worth hefty cash prizes were sold in Southern California, but the drawing’s biggest payout went to a person who purchased a ticket for the multi-state Powerball lottery in Maryland.

As fervor builds in the Mega Millions and Powerball lottery games, with hundreds of millions up for grabs in each jackpot, the California Lottery is warning the public to be wary of scams.

It wasn’t the enormous jackpot that has been building for months, but someone is holding a Mega Millions ticket worth more than $900,000 that was sold at a Burbank liquor store.

A lucky lotto player in the East Bay is holding a Mega Millions ticket worth $2.3 million after getting five of the six numbers in Tuesday night’s draw, according to the California Lottery.

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There were no tickets sold with all six numbers in Friday’s drawing of the multi-state Mega Millions lottery and the estimated jackpot for Tuesday’s drawing will grow to $432 million.

One lucky lottery player in San Jose struck it rich over the weekend, buying a Superlotto ticket that had all six numbers in Saturday’s draw, worth $18 million, according to the California Lottery.

A woman in San Francisco recently claimed a $10 million jackpot on a Scratchers ticket she bought at an Arco gas station in the city, according to the California Lottery.

Half a dozen Bay Area residents last month saw their lives change overnight thanks to California Lottery Scratchers games, according to lottery officials.

 The numbers in Tuesday night’s draw of the multi-state Mega Millions lottery are 34, 52, 58, 59, 62 and the Mega number is 4. The estimated jackpot is $313 million. The drawing was the 30th since the last time a ticket with all six numbers was sold. The odds of matching all five numbers and the Mega number is 1…

The owner of a ticket with all six numbers in the latest SuperLotto Plus drawing sold at a National City 7-Eleven store has not yet come forward, the California Lottery announced. The owner has 180 days from the date of the ticket’s purchase to claim the $28 million prize. The drawing was the 22nd since the last time a ticket…

The California lottery skimped on giving $36 million in revenue to fund public education and spent $720,000 on food and travel expenses without considering cheaper options, the state auditor said in a report made public Tuesday. Sales from scratch and lotto tickets have funded public schools and colleges in California since 1985. But the lottery should have accounted for an increase...

A Los Angeles man is expected to plead guilty Monday to a federal charge for targeting Latina grandmothers throughout the Southland in a scam involving a fake winning lottery ticket. Tito Lozada, 50, faces sentencing May 11 on a single count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, which carries a sentence of up to 20 years behind bars. Two of…

A lightning quick lottery ticket thief tried his luck twice, yanking Scratchers display cases from counters in bold heists that were caught on camera at two San Gabriel Valley businesses. The crimes were reported Jan. 22 at Smoke Rings 4 and Daily Donut in San Dimas. Store security video shows the man, dressed in athletic wear, grab the Scratchers displays…

Security camera video shows a man grab two lottery display cases from businesses in San Dimas.

A $10 scratcher bought at an Oceanside market turned into a big payout for one lucky customer. Lance Williams purchased a Bonus Multiplier ticket at an unsuspecting liquor store, the Giant K Market on Crouch Street just north of Oceanside Boulevard, the California Lottery said. Turns out, it was the right pick for Williams, who scratched his way to the…

A trip to the barber shop ended with a $5 million lottery win in Los Angeles County.

A ticket for the SuperLotto Plus jackpot worth a whopping $72 million has been sold in the San Bernardino County city of Hesperia.

Three Powerball tickets sold in California had five of the six winning numbers, California Lottery said Sunday.

Andres Ramirez told the California Lottery he bought several tickets while waiting for his food, and the last one turned out to be lucky.