Calif. store sells $2M lottery ticket 1 month after starting sales

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dpoly1 — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 00:37:38 GMT

Amen Brother! Amen

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rdgrnr — Wed, 31 Aug 2011 00:55:35 GMT

Roger that.

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dearsha — Wed, 31 Aug 2011 00:22:58 GMT

Thank You Jesus

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redhot7 — Tue, 30 Aug 2011 20:30:01 GMT

I bought quite a lot of California Set for Life Tickets but never won more than 10 dollars. In fact, most of them are losers. If you look at the table of odds, Set for Life is one of the worst ticket to buy, despite its claim that its winning odds are 1 in 5.82.

Here's why. Take a look at Set for Life table of odds, a $5 ticket:

Now, compare that to Wild 10, another $5 ticket:

The odds of winning a decent amount like $50 bucks from Wild 10 are 1 in 185 while the odds of win... [ More ]

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dpoly1 — Tue, 30 Aug 2011 20:03:17 GMT

I hope that the Mom and Pop Store where I purchase my tickets gets to be in the news for tomorrow's Powerball drawing !!!!!!!

Congrats to the store and the winner

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cbr$ — Tue, 30 Aug 2011 16:29:10 GMT

congrats to the California winner', it great that he can remain anonymous also congrats to the little mom and pop store.

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hearsetrax — Tue, 30 Aug 2011 13:44:02 GMT

.... I hope the lucky person will take that money and puts it good use

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Pick3forSC — Tue, 30 Aug 2011 13:18:53 GMT

ANONYMOUS... say it with me... ANONYMOUS. I like the way that winner is thinking already

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sully16 — Tue, 30 Aug 2011 13:06:53 GMT

Awesome, Congrats to the winner.

Calif. store sells $2M lottery ticket 1 month after starting sales

Lottery Post — Tue, 30 Aug 2011 11:59:33 GMT

By Todd Northrop

A winning scratch-off lottery ticket worth $2 million was sold at a Spring Valley, California, 'mom and pop' shop that had only been selling lottery tickets for a month, lottery officials announced Monday.

The winner wished to remain anonymous, but lottery officials said the Set for Life ticket was purchased last week at Ray's Market at 9762 Campo Road.

Ray's Market opened for business six years ago and just started selling California Lottery tickets in July.

It's a... [ More ]