Meet Inland Empire's New Millionaires: California Lottery 2021

TEMECULA, CA— Who won the biggest lottery prizes in Riverside County this year? Here is the 2021 California Lottery Winner breakdown:

APRIL

Temecula: POWERBALL Winning Ticket: An unnamed Powerball winner earns $2,656,980 in an early April Powerball drawing. The ticket, which matched five numbers, but missed the Powerball number, was sold at Circle K located at 30535 South Highway 79 (Temecula Parkway) in Temecula (Riverside County). That retailer will receive a bonus of $13,284 for selling the winning ticket. The ticket matched the numbers 3-55-10-44-68 but missed the Powerball number 24.

Rancho Cucamonga: Christopher Barto: $10 million on a $400 Million Money Mania Scratchers® ticket. Purchased at Chevron located at 8075 Monet Street in Rancho Cucamonga (San Bernardino County).

Victorville: Dora Pacheco: $750,000 on a Mystery Crossword Scratchers ticket. Purchased at John’s Liquor Market, located at 15770 Mojave Drive in Victorville (San Bernardino County).

AUGUST

Highland: SUPERLOTTO Plus: $10,200,000 prize The winning ticket matched the numbers 20-39-12-9-2, and the Mega Ball of 5. That jackpot-winning ticket is worth $14,000,000 annuitized or a cash value of $10,200,000. The winning ticket was sold at the Highland Ranch Service station located at 7955 Webster Street in Highland (San Bernardino County). The winning ticket matched the numbers 20-39-12-9-2, and the Mega Ball of 5. The Highland Ranch Service station receives a bonus of $70,000 for selling that winning ticket.

Temecula: Powerball Winner: A winning ticket, which matched five numbers, but missed the Powerball number, was sold at 7-Eleven located at 44260 Apis Road in Temecula (Riverside County). That retailer will receive a bonus of $22,362 for selling the winning ticket. The ticket matched the numbers 18-12-29-20-30 but missed the Powerball number 16.

Lake Elsinore: Brian Tumpkin: $5 million on a Golden State Riches Scratchers ticket. Purchased at V & M Business Group located at 32295 Mission Trail, Suite R7 in Lake Elsinore (Riverside County).

SEPTEMBER

Bloomington: Carlos Jimenez: $2,000,000 on an Instant Prize Crossword Scratchers ticket. Purchased at A-1 Market located at 993 West Valley Boulevard in Bloomington (San Bernardino County).

OCTOBER

Perris: Powerball Winner: A winning ticket worth $2,226,031. The winning numbers (3-26-51-35-6) were missing only the red Powerball number (17) was sold at the Circle K at 19470 Brown Street in Perris. (Riverside County).

Riverside: Christopher Smith: $1,000,000 on a Silver & Gold Scratchers ticket. That top-prize winning ticket was purchased at Chantry’s Pantry Liquor located at 7826-28 Limonite Avenue in Riverside. (Riverside County).

San Jacinto: Jonathan Torres: $1,000,000 on a Silver & Gold Scratchers ticket. Purchased at Stater Brothers located at 1271 North State Street in San Jacinto (Riverside County).

NOVEMBER

Santa Clarita: A winning SuperLotto Plus jackpot worth $38 million (less federal taxes) matched all six winning numbers (1-11-27-31-36, Mega number 22). It was sold at Plum Canyon Shell located at 19161 Skyline Ranch Road. Plum Canyon Shell will receive $190,000 for selling the winning ticket.

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