San Leandro Winner Of $1.4 Million Powerball Prize Identified
California Lottery officials said Friday that the Powerball winner who bought a winning ticket at Pop Top Market & Liquor in San Leandro is Hector Carrera.
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California Lottery officials said Friday that the Powerball winner who bought a winning ticket at Pop Top Market & Liquor in San Leandro is Hector Carrera.
Someone may be $1.4 million richer after buying a winning ticket at a market in San Leandro that matched five numbers in Wednesday's Powerball drawing, California Lottery officials said.
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Tonight's winning Powerball numbers were 5, 10, 21, 34, 58, and 33.
You might want to start bringing an extra buck or two to work each day. The latest PowerBall pool is big enough that your co-workers are about to start hitting you up to join the office pool.
Disappointment turned into joy for an Antioch man who purchased Powerball ticket that won him over a million dollars after a store didn't have the Scratchers he wanted.
Buchanan Smoke Shop & More at 2329 Buchanan Rd. in Antioch sold the lucky ticket and will receive a bonus of $7,152.
One lucky California Lottery player bought a winning Powerball ticket worth more than $360,000 in San Pablo on Saturday night, California Lottery officials said.
California Lottery officials say they have had a winning year with annual ticket sales surpassing $5 billion for the first time in the state lottery's 30-year history.
California's latest multi-millionaire from San Mateo has claimed his massive $228.4 million jackpot.
A lucky ticket holder in San Mateo matched all six numbers to win a $225 million Powerball jackpot that was drawn Wednesday night.
California Lottery officials said B. Raymond Buxton, a Northern California retiree, claimed the prize at the California Lottery headquarters in Sacramento. Buxton was wearing a shirt that featured a picture of Yoda and read, "Luck of the Jedi I have," according to lottery officials.
A California lottery ticket worth more than $2.1 million was sold at a 7-Eleven store in Hayward, Lottery officials said.
Rule changes to the Mega Millions draw and a the introduction of Powerball in California have led to some of the biggest jackpots in history lately. Is there a method to the madness? A way to find an edge on other ticket-holders? Probably not, but that won't stop us from trying.
A Bay Area convenience store that sold the sole winning ticket to the $425 million Powerball jackpot received a $1 million check on Thursday, as state lottery officials waited for the winner of the one of the largest jackpots in U.S. history to come forward.
A winning ticket for Wednesday night's Powerball lottery jackpot was sold at a gas station in Santa Clara County, according to lottery officials.
The winning numbers have been drawn for the $448 million Powerball jackpot.
It's a few hundred million short of the record jackpot, but Wednesday's Powerball payoff of an estimated $425 million deserves some serious consideration.
A lottery ticket worth more than $1.1 million was sold at a Milpitas gas station, lottery officials announced.
While no one matched all six numbers in Saturday night's Powerball drawing, one player who bought a ticket in Milpitas matched five out of six numbers worth $1,159,103.
A California Lottery ticket worth $2,623,314 was sold at a San Francisco market, lottery officials announced.
A San Jose City College student who matched five of the six winning numbers in last week's Powerball drawing has claimed his millions.
Lottery officials announced the winning numbers in Saturday night's $600 million Powerball drawing.
The numbers sum up the frenzy that has taken over the Golden State since it joined the madness over Powerball, which has seen its jackpot soar to $600 million for Saturday's drawing.
Wednesday's Powerball jackpot has ballooned to an estimated $360 million, with a cash value of $229.2 million, making it the third largest Powerball jackpot and the seventh largest jackpot ever.
