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Miami Herald
20 hours ago
- Business
- Miami Herald
Couple plays lottery for 20 years — and it finally pays off with huge CA prize
For the past two decades, a California couple has been trying their luck on lottery games. Now, their years of lottery play have finally paid off, California Lottery officials said in a July 29 news release. Each week, Nicholas Gercis and his wife buy lottery scratchers from a few nearby 7-Eleven stores for fun, lottery officials said. Recently, Gercis said he and his wife have been playing the 50X The Cash Scratchers game. 'It was doing OK for us,' Gercis said, adding that they've won a couple $100 prizes. As the couple scratched their $10 lottery ticket they bought at a 7-Eleven in Eastvale on their patio, it 'gave them a little taste of what it was like to win' — a $1 million prize, according to lottery officials. 'It was just, like, you know, just what the heck?!' Gercis told lottery officials of his feeling about 'how unbelievable the win was.' Gercis told lottery officials they plan to use their winnings to pay off their home mortgage and donate to a church. He said they will invest the remaining funds 'for a sense of security.' Eastvale is about a 50-mile drive east from Los Angeles.
CBS News
a day ago
- Entertainment
- CBS News
Hayward man lands $2 million California Lottery jackpot following previous wins
A Hayward resident on an incredible lottery lucky streak landed a $2 million jackpot on a California Lottery scratcher game, officials said. Juan Silva Zarate purchased an Instant Prize Crossword Scratchers game at a Chevron gas station at 24350 Hesperian Boulevard in Hayward recently, . His $2 million winner comes after Zarate won four $1,000 Scratchers over the past year. "He ganado mucho," acknowledged- Zarate in Spanish ("I've won a lot"), after being asked if he's won before, lottery officials said in a press statement. Zarate told lottery officials he plans to use a portion of his winnings to invest and the rest to pay off his family's home. The California Lottery reminds players to play responsibly and says anyone with a gambling problem can get free, confidential help by calling the CA Problem Gambling Hotline at 1-800-GAMBLER.
UPI
2 days ago
- Business
- UPI
California man's winning streak culminates in $2M lottery prize
Juan Silva Zarate told California Lottery officials he scored four $1,000 lottery prizes in the year leading up to his $2 million scratch-off jackpot. File Photo by John Angelillo/UPI | License Photo July 28 (UPI) -- A California man's lucky lottery streak culminated in his winning $2 million from a scratch-off ticket. Juan Silva Zarate told California Lottery officials he stopped at the Chevron on Hesperian Boulevard in Hayward and selected an Instant Prize Crossword Scratchers game. The ticket ended up being a $2 million winner. Zarate said the win marked a new high point in his recent streak of lottery luck, which brought him four $1,000 prizes in the year leading up to his latest big win. The big winner said his prize money will go toward paying off his family's home and investing for the future.
Miami Herald
22-07-2025
- General
- Miami Herald
Powerball player wins $675,000 in California. Where was the lucky ticket sold?
A Powerball player in California won $677,821, just missing the $309 million jackpot, lottery officials say. The ticket matched five winning numbers but not the Powerball in the drawing Monday, July 21, the California Lottery said. A ticket sold in Georgia won a $1 million prize. The lucky California ticket was sold at Specialty Tobacco Outlet in San Bruno, which is about a 10-mile drive south from San Francisco. The winning numbers were 8, 11, 28, 33 and 42 with a Powerball of 2. The Power Play multiplier was 2x. Powerball jackpot rises Nobody won the grand prize, which rises to an estimated $325 million, with a cash value of about $145.3 million, for the next drawing Wednesday, July 23, the national Powerball site said. Nearly 400,000 other Powerball tickets sold in the United States also won prizes in the July 21 drawing ranging from $4 to $100,000, the lottery said. The Powerball jackpot was last won May 31, when a California player hit the $204.5 million grand prize. What to know about Powerball To score a jackpot in the Powerball, a player must match all five white balls and the red Powerball. The odds of scoring the jackpot prize are 1 in 292,201,338. Tickets can be bought on the day of the drawing, but sales times and price vary by state. Drawings are broadcast Saturdays, Mondays and Wednesdays at 10:59 p.m. ET and can be streamed online. Powerball is played in 45 states, Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
Miami Herald
17-07-2025
- General
- Miami Herald
Powerball player wins $100,000 in Texas. Where was the lucky ticket sold?
A Powerball player in Texas won $100,000, just missing the $266 million jackpot, lottery officials said. The ticket matched four winning numbers, the Powerball and the Power Play multiplier in the drawing Wednesday, July 16, the California Lottery said. The lucky ticket was sold at Best Mart in Emory, which is about a 100-mile drive east from Fort Worth, lottery officials told McClatchy News in an email. Another player won $50,000 on a ticket sold at a Time Mart in Brookshire, which is about a 240-mile drive southeast from Fort Worth. The winning numbers were 4, 21, 43, 48 and 49 with a Powerball of 22. The Power Play multiplier was 2x. Powerball jackpot rises Nobody won the grand prize, which rises to an estimated $288 million, with a cash value of about $130.6 million, for the next drawing Saturday, July 19, the national Powerball site said. More than 405,000 other Powerball tickets sold in the United States also won prizes ranging from $4 to $100,000, the lottery said. The Powerball jackpot was last won May 31, when a California player hit the $204.5 million grand prize. What to know about Powerball To score a jackpot in the Powerball, a player must match all five white balls and the red Powerball. The odds of scoring the jackpot prize are 1 in 292,201,338. Tickets can be bought on the day of the drawing, but sales times and price vary by state. Drawings are broadcast Saturdays, Mondays and Wednesdays at 10:59 p.m. ET and can be streamed online. Powerball is played in 45 states, Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
