2 San Francisco Lottery Players' Scratchers Score Big Jackpots
Two San Francisco lottery players hit big jackpots playing the California Lottery scratcher games, lottery officials announced Thursday.
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Two San Francisco lottery players hit big jackpots playing the California Lottery scratcher games, lottery officials announced Thursday.
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.
One lucky person is $5 million richer after hitting it big on a California Lottery scratcher sold in a Santa Rosa store.
A ticket bought at a San Jose 7-Eleven store won more than $1 million in Saturday's Powerball drawing, even though the numbers didn't match up exactly.
Two Powerball lottery tickets sold at separate Bay Area locations each matched five of six winning numbers in the $750 million drawing Wednesday night.
The winning lottery numbers for the massive $750 million Powerball jackpot were drawn on Wednesday evening.
Authorities announced on Tuesday that the recent investigation into a stolen scratcher lottery ticket led to an arrest and the discovery that the recovered ticket was actually worth $10 million.
Five California Lottery employees on Thursday demanded the resignation of senior department executives amid an investigation into alleged misconduct on a work-related trip and an audit of expenses.
Gov. Jerry Brown has asked the attorney general to look into a whistleblower complaint about alleged inappropriate and drunken behavior by staff of the California State Lottery.
The winners of last months $543 million Mega Millions jackpot have been identified as an office pool group from Santa Clara County, according to California Lottery officials.
The lucky winner of Tuesday night's half-billion dollar Mega Millions jackpot bought their ticket in San Jose.
Most people only dream of winning the lottery, and few actually see that dream come true. But something happened to one Southern California man that he never imagined in his wildest dreams -- he hit the jackpot more than once.
California Lottery officials announced Thursday that winning SuperLotto Plus ticket worth a whopping $27 million was sold at a Fremont AM/PM store.
The winner of a Powerball lottery ticket that was sold in Oakland and is worth hundreds of thousands of dollars has yet to come forward and claim their prize, according to California Lottery officials.
The Wine Rack at 5768 Santa Teresa Blvd. sold the winning Scratchers ticket to Vernon Hall on Sept. 27.
A man in Antioch last month bought a Powerball lottery ticket that ended up being worth more than $810,000 but forgot to check if he won until days later, California Lottery officials announced.
A Bay Area man is now a millionaire after winning $3 million with a single California Lottery scratcher ticket purchased in the East Bay, according to lottery officials.
Albert Tirnetta has the option of taking a lump sum payout of $696,000 or receiving $4,000 a month for 25 years.
The winning ticket was a $10 Golden Ticket Scratcher, purchased at the 7-Eleven at 3629 E. 18th St.
A California woman driving home from Arizona had a most rewarding road trip after picking up lottery tickets along the way, and scoring two big winners within a week.
Powerball ticket sold in Sunnyvale has made one person about a half million dollars richer.
A San Jose Fantasy 5 player is almost half a million dollars richer after matching all five numbers in Tuesday night's drawing.
The winning numbers in Saturday night's $478 million Powerball drawing were 11, 17, 21, 23, 32, and the Powerball was 5.
The California lottery says a couple have claimed a $528.8 million share of a record Powerball jackpot in January.
No jackpot-winning ticket was sold in the latest Mega Millions drawing, increasing the prize to an estimated $508 million, a lottery official said.
