LOTTO SELLER'S WINNING WAYS PLAYERS TRY TO SHARE IN STORE LUCK.Byline: Amy Raisin raisin, in botany and cooking raisin, dried fruit of certain varieties of grapevines bearing grapes with a high content of sugar and solid flesh. Although the fruit is sometimes artificially dehydrated, it is usually sun-dried. Staff Writer NEWHALL - Hoping that Lotto lightning might strike a third time, locals aiming for a piece of Saturday's state-record $140 million 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. waited to purchase tickets from Valencia Liquors, the scene of two winning tickets in recent years. ``It's struck here twice already, so maybe the third time's a charm,'' said Susanne Barton, a Stevenson Ranch Stevenson Ranch, California (in the 91381 ZIP Code) is a Los Angeles County, USA, unincorporated community west of Santa Clarita a few miles south of Six Flags Magic Mountain amusement park. The Stevenson Ranch fountain was redone in 2007. resident who said she doesn't usually buy lottery tickets. But what's the big draw to the small store at the corner of Lyons and Newhall avenues? ``One hundred thirty-two million dollars,'' Barton said, laughing. ``I feel lucky. I'd pay off my house and my car. I'd pay off all my bills and get out of debt.'' The steady line continued all day Saturday, the store's owner said, because the word is out that two winning tickets - one of $34 million, another for nearly $17 million - were purchased here in 1998. ``Always it's very busy,'' owner Manhye Hahn said about Lotto ticket sales. ``But it's usually more people when the pot is more than $10 million.'' David and Mary Caldera caldera: see crater. caldera Large, bowl-shaped volcanic depression that forms when the top of a volcanic cone collapses into the space left after magma is ejected during a violent volcanic eruption. The term is Spanish for “caldron. came from Sylmar in hopes of capturing some good luck from the liquor liquor /li·quor/ (lik´er) (li´kwor) pl. liquors, liquo´res [L.] 1. a liquid, especially an aqueous solution containing a medicinal substance. 2. store and they said waiting in line for the tickets was a small sacrifice in their quest for Verb 1. quest for - go in search of or hunt for; "pursue a hobby" quest after, go after, pursue look for, search, seek - try to locate or discover, or try to establish the existence of; "The police are searching for clues"; "They are searching for the big bucks. ``We have nothing to do. We're in no hurry,'' said Mary Caldera, who is splitting the tickets with her children. While her husband said he only buys tickets when the pot is irresistibly ir·re·sis·ti·ble adj. 1. Impossible to resist: an irresistible impulse to sneeze. 2. Having an overpowering appeal: irresistible beauty. high, Caldera said she usually tries to buy tickets every week. And what would the couple do with the loot if their numbers were chosen? ``Buy a house, because we're renting, and go on a vacation,'' she said. Faced with such a huge sum of money, David Caldera admitted that planning a vacation would be a little different if he won. ``We'd go on vacation for a year,'' he said. ``Where would we go? Everywhere.'' CAPTION(S): photo Photo: (color) David and Mary Caldera of Sylmar buy SuperLotto ticketsSaturday at Valencia Liquor from owner Manhye Hahn. David R. Crane/Staff Photographer |
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