California Lottery accidentally publishes winner's address instead of retailer's in press release

Comment #9

pantherestates — Mon, 04 May 2026 23:14:11 GMT

All the more reasons for California to remain anonymous it's ridiculous. It's dangerous out here. They didn't get the memo I would be terrified to go back to that house. but buyers should have the right to remain anonymous it's OK to give information out about where the ticket was purchased at, but forget given all that information out about the winner like a blessing and a curse at the same time

Comment #8

Artist77 — Tue, 07 Apr 2026 17:47:41 GMT

I agree. It took a concerted effort and affirmative steps to place the home address in vs the store address.

Comment #7

mypiemaster — Tue, 07 Apr 2026 10:35:11 GMT

California should just become an 'anonymous' state, and make life easy for everyone.

Comment #6

Think — Tue, 07 Apr 2026 10:08:51 GMT

It really makes you wonder if it was a mistake or if someone at the lottery didn't like the winner for some reason and did it maliciously and deliberately.

Regardless it's California so the responsible parties probably won't get fired and may just get a promotion and a raise.

Comment #5

KY Floyd — Tue, 07 Apr 2026 05:50:24 GMT

The release was never published

What's the meaningful difference between emailing something to 800 media outlets and publishing yourself?

If it was bigger the winner would very likely be moving anyway, but now that seems important even if they hadn't planned on it. I'm sure the CA lottery will volunteer to pay the moving costs ...

Comment #4

ShagE3 — Mon, 06 Apr 2026 22:19:45 GMT

I know, right.

It'd be like mistaking liverwurst for olive loaf.

Have a shaggy day!

ShagE3

Comment #3

Artist77 — Mon, 06 Apr 2026 20:37:08 GMT

No excuse for that data breach. I hope there is a lawsuit. Gross incompetence. 800 media outlets!!! How can one mix up a retailer address which is likely in their system vs a personal address?

Wow

Comment #2

noise-gate — Mon, 06 Apr 2026 20:02:42 GMT

* This isn't the first time they screwed up. Back in 2012, they swooped down onto a store demanded footage of the sales of the day to find the jackpot winner posted their faces on TV.

* They seemed to have forgotten that a winner had a year to come forth claim their prize, not less than 2 months after the win. I seriously thought these errors were a thing of the past. Will probably hear ( New Staff) excuse.

Comment #1

Powerball765 — Mon, 06 Apr 2026 17:39:53 GMT

It's ok with me publish my Address because l don't actually stay at my address . I will be traveling 24/7 New $1,000,000 motorhome. I won't even be in a Black state. Since am Black l move to a white state lol

California Lottery accidentally publishes winner's address instead of retailer's in press release

Lottery Post — Mon, 06 Apr 2026 17:10:30 GMT

$12 million jackpot winner's privacy jeopardized in blunder

By Kate Northrop

The California Lottery has issued a statement after they accidentally exposed a $12 million SuperLotto Plus jackpot winner's personal address in a press release.

A $12 million SuperLotto Plus jackpot winner's privacy was jeopardized after the California Lottery inadvertently revealed their home address in a news release instead of the retailer's.

On Friday, the California Lottery issued a press release v... [ More ]