California Lottery's $87 Million Jackpot Won in San Francisco, Floriston and Inglewood.News Editors SACRAMENTO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 21, 2002 Lottery officials announced that three winning tickets purchased in San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden , Floriston and Inglewood, won last night's $87 million jackpot. The lucky numbers drawn for March 20, 2002 were 45, 33, 11, 14, 32 and the MEGA 9. The winning numbers were held by three winning tickets sold in San Francisco at D & T Smoke Shop, 300 Kearny Street Kearny Street in San Francisco, California runs from Market Street on the south to The Embarcadero on the north. Along its southern end, the street serves as the border separating the Financial District from the city's Union Square and Chinatown districts. ; in Floriston at Gold Ranch Lottery, 1 Gold Ranch Road; and in Inglewood at Bank of Scotland Bank of Scotland plc is a commercial and clearing bank, based in Edinburgh, Scotland. With a history dating to the 17th century, it is the oldest surviving bank in what is now the United Kingdom, and is the only commercial institution created by the Parliament of Scotland to Liquor, 5014 W. Century Blvd. Each retailer will receive $145,000 or one half of one percent of the jackpot share. The Gold Ranch Lottery is consistently one of the Lottery's top selling retailers, and in 2001, was its 3rd highest retailer out of 19,000 retailers. Gold Ranch sold $3.3 million in Lottery tickets last year, behind only two other retailers, Primm Valley Lotto Store and Bluebird bluebird, common name for a North American migratory bird of the family Turdidae (thrush family). The eastern bluebird, Sialia sialis, is among the first spring arrivals in the North. It is about 7 in. (17.8 cm) long. Liquor. Each ticket is worth $29 million. The cash value of each ticket equals roughly half of the jackpot share, $14.5 million or the amount the Lottery would invest to payout pay·out n. 1. The act or an instance of paying out. 2. A percentage of corporate earnings that is paid as dividends to shareholders. the jackpot prize over 26 years. The odds of winning any jackpot are one in 41 million. Each of the three tickets paid out over a 26 year period would begin with a first year annual payment of $725,000 and will graduate to $1.4 million by the 26th year. More than 1,365,934 million tickets won a prize in Wednesday's drawing for the $87 million jackpot. Sixteen tickets won the second prize category of $28,311 for matching 5 numbers. There were 138 tickets that won $1,641 by matching four numbers plus the MEGA number Many states have set up lottery games that award a substantial prize, often in the tens or even hundreds of millions of dollars to some lucky winner or group of winners. Such games often go by the name of Mega Millions, Hot Lotto, or Powerball. . Sales from this jackpot of $87 million translate to an additional $47 million for public schools. On Feb. 16, 2002, the largest jackpot in California Lottery history reached $193 and was won by three winning tickets. Alcario Castellano of San Jose San Jose, city, United States San Jose (sănəzā`, săn hōzā`), city (1990 pop. 782,248), seat of Santa Clara co., W central Calif.; founded 1777, inc. 1850. , Calif. became the record-breaking highest individual jackpot winner of the second highest jackpot, $141 million, on June 23, 2001. SuperLotto Plus can be played at approximately 19,000 retail business establishments around the state. The SuperLotto Plus draw takes place each Wednesday and Saturday night at 7:58 p.m. Players may purchase tickets until 7:45 p.m. on the night of the draw. |
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