East Bay family buys $40M winning lottery ticket from Albany mini mart

Monday, December 18, 2017
ALBANY, Calif. (KGO) -- An East Bay family is $40 million richer after they won Saturday's jackpot in the California Lottery's SuperLotto Plus game with a ticket they bought at an Albany mini mart, lottery officials said.

The winner bought the ticket at the Albany Hill Mini Mart at 800 San Pablo Ave.
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Workers say they know who the winner is, but they're not telling. The Albany store sold the only winning ticket in Saturday night's draw and now some see it as a lucky Lottery store.

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The store clerk says the winner lives in the neighborhood and spends just $1 on one lottery ticket each week.
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The jackpot for the next drawing is $7 million. Drawings occur each Wednesday and Saturday.

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Bay City News contributed to this report.
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