RECORD POT BRIMS WITH LOTTO HOPES SALES SIZZLE FOR SATURDAY.Byline: Orith Goldberg Staff Writer Lotto-crazed hopefuls waited in long lines In communications, circuits that are capable of handling transmissions over long distances. Thursday to shell out dollar after dollar across the San Fernando Valley San Fernando Valley Valley, southern California, U.S. Northwest of central Los Angeles, the valley is bounded by the San Gabriel, Santa Susana, and Santa Monica mountains and the Simi Hills. in hopes of capturing Saturday's record $171 million jackpot. Lotto fever has mounted since no one won the midweek, $136 million jackpot. The next jackpot is expected to hit $171 million or higher - the largest jackpot in the history of the California Lottery and the largest single-state prize in the nation. Manuel King of Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. , a frequent SuperLotto Plus player, shelled out $20 for tickets at an Arco station in Chatsworth and fantasized all the way out the door. ``The first thing I'd do is retire and divvy div·vy Slang tr.v. div·vied, div·vy·ing, div·vies To divide. Often used with up: divvied up the loot. n. pl. div·vies A share or portion. (the jackpot) up among my family and friends, and with what's left over I'd kick back on my retirement,'' King said. The prospect of that much cash had even the uninitiated lotto players crawling out of the woodwork. ``I heard on the radio that no one won last night, so I thought for Valentine's Day Valentine's Day: see Saint Valentine's Day. Valentine's Day Lovers' holiday celebrated on February 14, the feast day of St. Valentine, one of two 3rd-century Roman martyrs of the same name. St. I'll buy my wife some tickets,'' said first-time lotto player Brian Johns Brian Johns (born August 5, 1982 in Regina, Saskatchewan) is an Olympic swimmer from Canada. He grew up in Richmond, British Columbia and trained with the Aquanauts and Racers (later Rapids) swim clubs. He started swimming at age five. , 27, of Woodland Hills. Of course it wasn't his only Valentine's Day gift, but he couldn't pass up the chance. So he stood outside an Arco gas station on Canoga Avenue and Oxnard Street meticulously choosing numbers corresponding with his wife's birthday, his wedding date and Valentine's Day. The excitement wasn't confined to players. Ticket sellers were anticipating lucrative days ahead, despite the long lines and crowds. The owner of a retail outlet retail outlet n → punto de venta retail outlet n → point m de vente retail outlet retail n → that sold a single winning ticket would receive a bonus of $850,000. Inside the Canoga-Oxnard station, manager Cesar Albino albino (ălbī`nō) [Port.,=white], animal or plant lacking normal pigmentation. The absence of pigment is observed in the body covering (skin, hair, and feathers) and in the iris of the eye. said he was overwhelmed by Wednesday's SuperLotto Plus sales. There were so many people inside the small Arco station that Albino had to break up the line - gasoline customers on the right, ticket buyers on the left. The station took in $6,000 in SuperLotto Plus sales Wednesday and workers expected about double the sales for the upcoming jackpot. ``The customers were excited because of the jackpot,'' Albino said. ``This was the first time I was doubly busy.'' At a Canoga Park 7-Eleven store, employee J.P. Dhillon said there was $7,000 in SuperLotto Plus sales Wednesday, with lines reaching to the back of the store. ``This is the busiest I've seen it,'' Dhillon said. ``We'll be busy all day Saturday,'' she said. Just between 6 p.m. and 7 p.m. Wednesday, the state took in $96,800 per minute in SuperLotto Plus sales, said California Lottery spokeswoman Norma Minas. A single jackpot winner of $170 million would receive 26 annual payments with the first payment equaling about $4.25 million and the 26th payment being about $8.67 million before federal tax withholding of 27 percent. There are no state taxes on winnings. The estimated cash value in the jackpot would amount to $62 million after federal tax withholding, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. California Lottery officials. The odds of winning any jackpot are one in 41 million. |
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