Seven Lucky Ones Get a Slice of Lotto Jackpot

Seven lucky gamblers split the third largest jackpot in Lotto 6/49 history, with each winning 20-year annuities worth $5,815,719, California Lottery officials said Sunday.

The seven valuable tickets were bought at Lotto retailers in Sacramento, Antioch, El Cajon, Fontana, Santa Monica, Goleta and San Pedro. The winners will not be identified until they come forward to have their tickets verified.

“We’re happy to know that so many people have won big in the California Lottery on Super Bowl Sunday,” Lottery Director Chon Gutierrez said.

The jackpot swelled to $40.7 million when it went unclaimed for three consecutive Lotto games. It was the third largest in the history of the state lottery and seventh largest in U.S. lottery history.

Another 22 players won sizable prizes for getting five numbers plus the bonus number in Saturday night’s draw. Each ticket is worth $224,626.

Sales for the game were $46.3 million.

LOTTERY RESULTS JAN. 21 Saturday’s Winning Numbers 11-12-16-31-34-37 Saturday’s Jackpot $40.7 million

Bonus Number 17

Winners per Category

No. of Prizes Winners Each 6 of 6 7 $5.8 million 5 of 6 + bonus 22 $224,626 5 of 6 738 $3,450 4 of 6 39,242 $59 3 of 6 774,786 $5

The Big Spin Michael Jordison, San Jose, $1 million; Alean Powell, Oakland, $1 million; Louis Albright, Cottonwood, $100,000; Floyd Davis, San Diego, $80,000; Ruth Martin, El Segundo, $40,000; Cletes Dawson, Fresno, $40,000; John Iwamoto, Glendale, $30,000; Geri Humpal, Lakeside, $30,000; Donald Wills, Northridge, $20,000; Michael Candelaria, La Mesa, $20,000.

Recorded information 976-4275 (English) 976-5275 (Spanish) Lottery regional offices Whittier (818) 459-4300 Orange (714) 938-4500 San Diego (619) 492-1700