STATE : 2 Lotto Tickets Share Jackpot
<i> From Times Wire Services</i>
SACRAMENTO —
Two lucky tickets had all six winning numbers in Wednesday night’s California Lottery “Lotto 6/53” drawing, each winning $16.15 million, lottery officials said today.
The tickets split a $32.3-million jackpot. They were purchased in Santa Ana and Garden Grove, lottery officials said.
Six tickets had five numbers plus the bonus number, with each worth $177,952. They shared a prize pool of $1.06 million. Those were bought in San Ramon, San Diego, Poway, Oxnard and two in Los Angeles.
There were 273 tickets that had five of six numbers, each winning $3,911. Those tickets also share a $1.06 million prize pool.
Sales from Saturday night to Wednesday’s drawing were $19.4 million. The estimated jackpot for Saturday night’s drawing is $4 million.