The winner of the $1.2 billion lottery jackpot was named Monday, a player who beat odds by six numbers drawn in a giant million dollar in December.
Officials said the winner was identified by California lottery officials as Rosemary Casarotti, who was required to publicly identify the winners under state law, who purchased the winning tickets on December 27 at Sunshine Food and Gas, 3505 Rhonda Road, Cottonwood.
The lottery provides no biographical details about Casarotti.
Combination of numbers: 3, 7, 37, 49, 55 and Mega Number 6 with 3X “Megaplier”.
Casarotti chose not to attend during Monday’s announcement. She chose to receive a one-time bonus, which would be more than $570 million.
The Grand Prix is the largest large million-dollar history award in California. Lottery. this Probability of painting All five winning numbers and large numbers are $302.5 million.
Before winning in December, The jackpot won only three times in 2024The least victory in any year since the competition began in 2002.
At the time, the jackpots had been growing since Sept. 10, when a player received $8.1 billion in prize money from a ticket sold by a Texas gas station.
According to the lottery, the first $6 billion jackpots won championships in different states – 2018 South Carolina, 2021 Michigan, Illinois, 2022, Maine and Florida in 2023 and March. The game received a top award of $1.6 billion in Florida in 2023.
Times worker Clara Harter contributed to the report.
