LOTTO FEVER HITS THE SOUTHLAND $44 MILLION JACKPOT HIGHEST IN THE NATION.Byline: Orith Goldberg Staff Writer Eager to scoop up Verb 1. scoop up - take out or up with or as if with a scoop; "scoop the sugar out of the container" lift out, scoop, scoop out, take up remove, take away, withdraw, take - remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something a $44 million jackpot, consumers flocked to local convenience stores The following is a list of convenience stores organized by geographical location. Stores are grouped by the lowest heading that contains all locales in which the brands have significant presence. Friday, hoping luck will be on their side for tonight's big SuperLotto Plus drawing. ``All you really need is one jackpot and you're set for life,'' said Jeff Swanson of Woodland Hills, who said he has purchased a lottery lottery, scheme for distributing prizes by lot or other method of chance selection to persons who have paid for the opportunity to win. The term is not applicable when lots are drawn without payment by the interested parties to determine some matter, e.g. ticket twice a week for the past five years. Tonight's jackpot has rolled over since Feb. 3 and has amounted to $76 million in ticket sales, said Norma Minas Minas may refer to:
Retailers said they expect an even bigger showing at stores today, just before the 7:45 p.m. drawing. ``Right before the drawing we're going to have people lining up and buying their tickets at the last minute,'' said Sandra Barcenas, a cashier CASHIER. An officer of a moneyed institution, who is entitled by virtue of his office to take care of the cash or money of such institution. 2. The cashier of a bank is usually entrusted with all the funds of the bank, its notes, bills, and other choses in at a 7-Eleven in Reseda, who added that she is planning to buy some tickets for herself. ``I myself get excited when I see lotto is going up.'' As of Friday afternoon, the SuperLotto Plus jackpot was the highest in the nationa, Minas said. ``Some people don't like to play until it hits $30 million,'' Minas said, who said retail stores see their busiest sales from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. the night of the drawing. ``Once we hit $30 million, we officially go into lotto fever mode.'' A single jackpot winner of $44 million would receive a cash option of roughly half the jackpot or approximately $22 million. If the winner chose a 26-year annual payment plan, payouts would range from $1.1 million to $2.24 million in the final year, before taxes. If no winner is declared in tonight's drawing, the jackpot is likely to roll over to the $60 million range, Minas said. |
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