Someone in SLO County won $699 million Powerball jackpot
Someone who bought a lottery ticket in San Luis Obispo County is the sole winner of a $699 million Powerball jackpot.
According to the California State Lottery, a multi-million-dollar Powerball ticket was sold at the Albertsons store in Morro Bay on Oct. 4.
It’s the fifth-largest Powerball jackpot ever and the seventh-largest overall lottery jackpot in U.S. history, the California Lottery said in a news release. According to CNN, the prize has a lump sum cash option of $496 million.
The winning numbers in the Oct. 4 drawing were 12, 22, 54, 66, 69 and powerball 15.
Approximately 281,500 tickets were lesser winners in the drawing, with prizes between $4 and $22,000, according to the California Lottery.
The Albertsons store will receive a maximum bonus of $1 million for selling the winning ticket.
Shoppers outside the store on Oct. 5 had heard the news that someone in their community had likely just become a multi-millionaire.
And they mused about what that might be like.
When asked what he’d do if he won hundreds of millions of dollars, Robert Alberts of Los Osos said, “I’d get out of debt. I would give some to my family and friends. And worry less.”
Morro Bay resident Carolyn Harrison said, “I told my husband, there’s nothing I need, but he’s always wanted a certain kind of airplane. If won it, I buy him that airplane.”
Betty Winholtz, a former Morro Bay councilwoman, said, “We obviously would have to give some money to the animal organizations in our area. … We would love to help Betty Jorgenson out in SLO buying RVs for vets and helping her with her five acres to put them on, and give more land for the people that need to have homes.”
What to do if you have the winning ticket
The California Lottery does not know the identity of the winner until that person claims the prize.
If you believe you have the winning ticket, go to the lottery’s website at www.calottery.com/claim-a-prize and complete the claim form. You also can get the form from a Lottery district office or any of the 23,000 Lottery retailers in California.
The Lottery suggests winners sign the back on their ticket in ink, make a copy of the front and back and put it in a safe place until they can claim their prize.
This story was originally published October 4, 2021 at 10:59 PM.
CORRECTION: A previous version of this story incorrectly gave which store the ticket was purchased at. It was Albertsons.
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