SAN MATEO, Calif. — Someone in the Bay Area could be $228.5 million richer after lottery officials announced Wednesday that the sole winning Powerball ticket was sold in San Mateo, California.
The winning ticket was sold at Key Markets, located at 500 S. Norfolk St., a spokesman for the agency said.
Lottery officials said it was the sole winning ticket sold in the 44 states that carry Powerball.
The winning numbers were 7, 14, 21, 24, and 41, with Powerball number 26. The lump-sum jackpot would be about $136 million, lottery spokesman Alex Traverso said; federal taxes would take about another 25 percent of that amount.
The store's owners will receive $1 million for selling the winning ticket, Traverso said.
The store is a family-run business with one other location in Redwood City.
Lottery officials called store owners Nancy and Jack Dehoff around 9 p.m. to tell them they had sold the winning ticket, but "of course we didn't believe them," Nancy Dehoff said. They were convinced about a half-hour later, when calls from reporters started coming in.
What will the family do with their million-dollar payout? "Oh, I don't know," said son Chris Dehoff, the store's general manager. "We certainly weren't expecting this."
"The Bay Area is kind of a hot spot right now," Traverso said. "This would be the third winner in the past year that has hit it big."
In April, B. Raymond Buxton, bought the sole winning ticket for a $425 million Powerball jackpot at a Chevron station off Dixon Landing Road in Milpitas.
In December, a delivery driver named Steve Tran bought a winning Mega Millions ticket from an East San Jose gift shop.
To say the Powerball lottery drawing in California has been a success is an understatement, according to Traverso.
"It's turned out to be one of those things where it's better than we could have possibly imagined," he said.
Congratulations to the winner (s)
What is going on with Calif. winning so much?
All the numbers I play are under 41, I got one number last night.
PB and MM are rigged for Cali and NY. I've posted this several times and people have mocked me, but lo and behold look what happens here.
It's a shame you guys still spend money on PB and MM when only two states are programmed to win jackpots. But I guess every industry needs its rubes.
Congratulation to the winner/s.
well I officially plan to quit playing the pb, specially after last night's numbers
Yeah right
Go Kidding!!I know there is no conspiracy, but the percentage of powerball wins for California vs other states just seem odd or out of whack. If I move to California (snowball chance in hell) then I'll start playing powerball again.
Hearty congratulations to the winner (s)!! And my condolences to the sourpusses....
No congrats here since it's California that won.
I hope they get the "lottery curse" and become another David Lee Edwards.
Well well well, don't say I didn't tell some of you so.
Still believe in that so called "logic" ?
Congratulations to the winner or winners. If they are smart they will wait a month or more. Keep the secret to themselves or within a close nit family. Hire an attorney, maybe a tax attorney . Plus a media guru. And someone to handle all the requests for money from strangers.
California again i know something is not right here all the big pb have been won in california and Mg too.. will only play the MG