No Retirements in Sight for Camarillo Lottery Champions : Jackpot: Each of 26 co-workers will receive $24,923 annually. They plan to win again, next time with a scientific method.

Forget the Ferrari. Cancel any sudden retirement plans.

For Alfredo Medina of Oxnard--who with 25 co-workers won an $18-million Super Lotto prize last weekend--his good fortune was more a matter of becoming comfortable than super-rich.

Medina, 34, a supervisor at the Camarillo-based electronics firm 3-DBM Inc., said Monday that his first $24,923 check will cover the down payment on a new home. He will get the same amount annually through 2014.

“I’m happy to have been a part of this because it will make things better for my family,” he said. “But I don’t think it is going to change our lifestyle. It will make things more comfortable.”

A regular contributor to a Super Lotto pool, Medina shares the second-largest lottery jackpot in Ventura County history. A Newbury Park couple won a $33.7-million jackpot last September, said Stephen Freund, a lottery district manager.

The 26 local winners get half of Saturday’s total jackpot of $36 million, splitting it equally with a Sacramento ticket-holder.

Victor Nelson, a technician at the cellular phone equipment assembly plant, said he bought the winning ticket from a local liquor store last Thursday after getting off work.

Nelson, 37, a Newbury Park resident, said the employee pool was started six months ago with about a dozen participants.

But instead of the game’s being just another topic of idle coffee-break chatter, Nelson and his friends developed a calculated approach--a system that uses combinations of numbers from statistical models and theories of probability.

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But sometimes, the bettors selected numbers through the lottery’s own “Quick Pick” program or chose numbers of personal significance.

“I was watching the drawing on television with my kids, and I just couldn’t believe it when we pulled that sixth number,” said Nelson, who plans to buy a new house with his winnings. “I think I started to hyperventilate, I was so excited. I kept checking and rechecking the numbers.”

Nelson said the winning numbers--19-5-11-22-10-8--were selected by his colleague, Carlos Ramos.

The 25-year-old Reseda resident said each of the winning numbers was part of his fiancee’s or family members’ birth dates.

“It’s a little ironic that we won using personal numbers,” Nelson said, pointing to a sheaf of papers marked with elaborate tracking grids. “But we’re not stopping with this win. We’re going on, and I’m confident that we will win again using numbers derived from these calculations.”

So far, the employees have spent about $300 on the lottery. They said during a press conference that they are eagerly awaiting the next drawing with a jackpot of $12 million or more--their minimum for playing.

But this morning, many of the winners will be back at their work stations at the 70-employee plant. And no retirements are in sight.

“For me, winning this prize means financial stability,” said Mildred Zuniga, 49, of Ojai. “It’s great, but it’s not enough to retire on by itself.”

The group pledges to keep buying tickets from Cheers Liquor, a store on Verdugo Way near the plant. The store’s owner, Hazem Hijaz, who will pocket $90,000 for selling the winning ticket, said he was pleased for his customers.

“It couldn’t have happened to a better bunch of people,” Hijaz said.