LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – While no one in California – or in the nation – chose all six winning numbers to get the Powerball prize on Saturday, one ticket sold locally was among half a dozen statewide that did hit a sizable jackpot.
The California Lottery reported Saturday night that the winning numbers for the Powerball drawing were 16, 19, 32, 34, 57, with 13 as the Powerball number.
Lottery officials said there were no tickets sold in the state that included all six numbers needed to win the $949 million prize.
However, there were six tickets sold across the state that hit five of six numbers, including the Powerball number, according to California Lottery spokesman Russ Lopez.
Lopez confirmed to Lake County News that one of those winning tickets was sold at the Nice Market, located at 3794 Highway 20.
Of the other five tickets matching five of the six numbers, one was sold in the Bay Area, in Fremont, and another in the Central Valley, in Stockton; and the remaining three were sold in Southern California – Dana Point in Orange County and in San Bernardino County, Mountain Pass and Nipton, the latter being the No. 1 selling lottery site in the state, Lopez said.
Lopez said each of the six winners will receive approximately $779,264.
California does not tax lottery winnings, although they are subject to tax by the federal government, Lopez said.
With the California Lottery confirming that no Powerball winners were reported elsewhere in the nation in Saturday night's drawing, the jackpot now increases to $1.3 billion. The next drawing will take place on Wednesday night.
Over the last several years there have been other California Lottery winners in Lake County.
In September 2012, Clearlake Oaks resident Antonio Velasquez won $14 million in the SuperLotto Plus with a ticket he purchased at the Red and White Store in Clearlake Oaks.
A winning $500,000 ticket in the multistate Powerball drawing was sold at Rotten Robbie gas station in Lakeport in April 2013. Lottery officials did not report that winner's name, saying the individual wanted to remain anonymous.
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Lottery ticket sold in Nice wins $779,000
- Elizabeth Larson