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WINNER ALERT/$110 Million SuperLOTTO Plus Jackpot Hit in South Pasadena.


SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- The California State Lottery A game of chance operated by a state government.

Generally a lottery offers a person the chance to win a prize in exchange for something of lesser value. Most lotteries offer a large cash prize, and the chance to win the cash prize is typically available for one dollar.
 announced today that a single ticket sold in South Pasadena South Pasadena (păs'ədē`nə), city (1990 pop. 23,936), Los Angeles co., S Calif., a residential suburb of Los Angeles; inc. 1888. Medical supplies, clothing, and transportation and electronic equipment are manufactured.  has matched all the winning numbers for Wednesday's $110 million SuperLOTTO Plus(R) jackpot. The winning numbers are 2, 9, 12, 20, 34 and MEGA (1) Million (10 to the 6th power). Abbreviated "M". In communications, mega typically refers to 1,000,000. In storage, mega typically refers to 1,048,576. See MB, binary values and space/time.

(2) A prefix attached to words that means a very large size or quantity.
 16.

The jackpot ticket was purchased at Foremost 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.
 Market in South Pasadena. The lucky winner has not yet come forward to claim the jackpot worth $110 million, the 6th highest in California 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.  history.

For the $110 million jackpot, annual payments would begin at $2.75 million and will graduate to more than $5.6 million by the 26th year (before taxes). If the winner chooses the cash option, the winner would receive a lump sum Lump sum

A large one-time payment of money.
 of roughly half the jackpot amount or about $57 million.

Foremost Liquor Market is set to receive a $550,000 bonus for selling the winning ticket. Schools receive 34 cents of every ticket sold and with a jackpot of this size that means $64 million will go to education. This past year, the California Lottery contributed over $1.2 billion to public education and has provided more than $1 billion annually to California schools for the last six years.

SuperLOTTO Plus can be played at approximately 18,500 retail businesses around California. 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. For specific details regarding last night's draw, go to http://www.calottery.com/Games/superlottoplus/winningnumbers/
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