Right. Great news. This is great news for california. That was the reaction on the news at 9 00 from a California Lottery official after learning someone in the bay area picked all five numbers plus the powerball. The ticket, the only Winning Ticket is worth 425 million. The 6th biggest jackpot in lottery history. Good evening. Im dan ashley. Im ama dates in for carolyn johnson. Someone just got super rich. Abc7 News Reporter sergio guintana quintana is live where the Winning Ticket was sold. Thats the jackpot that says it stands at 400 million. As you mentioned, powerball says there has been such a swell of tickets sold today that the actual jackpot is at 425 million. The Winning Ticket was sold right out of that machine right there at this station in mill pea dis. Since the Winning Ticket was sold here, the owners of the station will get a 1 million bonus. The clerks here tell us that ticket might have been sold sometime today. Unfortunately the California Lottery authority says they
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Says there has been such a swell of tickets sold today that the actual jackpot is at 425 million. The Winning Ticket was sold right out of that machine right there at this station in mill pea dis. Since the Winning Ticket was sold here, the owners of the station will get a 1 million bonus. The clerks here tell us that ticket might have been sold sometime today. Unfortunately the California Lottery authority says they will not release when exactly a Winning Ticket is sold. It is tough to verify that m. I did talk to the clerk who says he believes he might have been the guy who actually sold it. I was working for the last 12 hours today. It was a long, busy day. I think so. Im not sure. Two other lucky Ticket Holders in california matched five out of the six numbers. They will get a big, nice, fat check. And those two other tickets that did not quite match all of the numbers, those were sold in el segundo and modesto. Since the announcement of the big winner in mill pea dis, i saw a coup
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