NORTHRIDGE : Lottery Winner Claims Share of $22.6-Million Prize

A Northridge woman is worth a cool $22.6-million after stepping forward to claim her half of Wednesday’s $45.3-million jackpot. The woman, who will be identified at a Monday news conference here, is in line for 20 annual payments, lottery spokeswoman Laura Crumpler said Friday.

Retailers who sold the tickets will get a bonus of $116,400. Two winning tickets, worth $22.6 million each, were bought at Purity Liquor on Gage Avenue in Bell, and at an Alpha Beta on Rinaldi Street in Northridge. If the other ticket, with the numbers 2, 16, 26, 37, 42 and 45, is not claimed within six months the money will go to the state education fund.