By Brian Hews, editor@cerritosnews.net
A SuperLotto Plus ticket sold in La Mirada came within one number of winning the $30 million jackpot Saturday night, lottery officials announced.
The lucky ticket matched five of the six required numbers but missed the Mega number, earning the player $35,224 instead of the multimillion-dollar grand prize.
According to the California State Lottery, the winning numbers drawn were 1, 19, 24, 38 and 46, with a Mega number of 3.
The near-jackpot ticket was sold at Royal Liquor & Wine, located at 15827 E. Imperial Highway in La Mirada, approximately 35 miles southeast of downtown Los Angeles.
No ticket matched all five numbers plus the Mega number, causing the jackpot to roll over. The next SuperLotto Plus drawing, scheduled for Wednesday, Feb. 25, now carries an estimated $31 million jackpot, with a cash value of approximately $14.3 million.
More than 100,000 other SuperLotto Plus tickets sold statewide also won prizes ranging from $1 to $1,300 in Saturday’s drawing.
The SuperLotto Plus jackpot was last claimed on Dec. 11, when a ticket purchased in Artesia won $47 million.
To win the SuperLotto Plus jackpot, a player must match all five numbers and the Mega number. The odds of hitting the jackpot are 1 in 41,416,353.
Tickets cost $1 and can be purchased up until 7:45 p.m. on drawing days. Drawings are held Wednesdays and Saturdays.