5 of 5 Numbers in Billion Dollar Lotto: Sherman Oaks

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Someone's heart had to have skipped a beat. Did they look at the "power" number first or did they uncover the other five numbers first. Either way pre-tax winnings are $1,378,451

Saturday the 5/5, second prize, was worth over $4 million and 4 people shared the pre-tax amount of $1,165,399. It was an accumulation, roll-over,  since an August 6th winner received $702,747 pre tax. So, with all the attention on winning a Billion plus (now 1.3 Billion with a cash value of $589,000,000)

76 Gas Station- 14478 VENTURA BLVD - SHERMAN OAKS CA 91423

There have been comments about the dominance of California winners in the past billion dollar + prize drawings. The five occasions with a billion-dollar PowerBall prize, three single ticket winners were from California, one single ticket winner was from Oregon.  The January 13, 2016, prize of $1.586 billion was split between ticket holders in California, Florida, and Tennessee.

Previous ticket winners, of four occasions of nearly a billion-dollar prize, were from Michigan, Wisconsin, Massachusetts, and Washington. 

However, according to a 2023-2024 report present in November 2024; California is second, behind Florida, in Lottery ticket sales. FY 2023-24 Lottery Industry Sales

According to the California FY 2025-26 Business Plan PowerPoint Presentation 

  • They are on pace for 3rd year over $9 billion in sales
  • 7 out of 10 California adults have played the Lottery at least once in the past year.
  • With just 23% of total Lottery sales, Draw Games still account for about 40% of profits (Translation? buy a scratcher the odds are better than the draw games)
  • FY 2024-25 Has Seen Much Fewer Large Jackpots Resulting in Much Lower Game Sale
  • FY 2025-26 Tactics
    • Focus will shift away from Multi-state games to California games like SuperLotto Plus, Hot Spot, and Daily Games
    • Assess game enhancements/modifications for sales gains, resource needs, and timeline to implement
    • Create a multi-year roadmap with tactics that can be quickly implemented prioritized first–
    • Particularly SuperLotto Plus, which has not been modified since 2000
    • For Hot Spot, create policies and processes for periodic promotions
    • For Daily Games, investigate adding draws

FY 2023-24 Lottery Industry Sales

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