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California Lottery offers $160 million in combined Jackpots

2 April 2008

SACRAMENTO, California – (PRESS RELEASE) -- California Lottery players have a chance at two jackpots worth a combined $160 million tonight and tomorrow. Tonight's MEGA Millions jackpot has rolled to $135 million and is the largest jackpot in the nation. Wednesday night's SuperLOTTO Plus jackpot is at $25 million.

Although no one won the jackpots this past weekend in either the MEGA Millions or SuperLOTTO Plus games, more than 393,000 tickets returned winning prizes.

Tickets for both games cost $1 each. Players can choose to play the "California Combo," which is five Quick Pick tickets for MEGA Millions and five Quick Pick tickets for SuperLOTTO Plus, all in one transaction. Authorized retailers can be found by visiting calottery.com/locations.

As jackpots rise, the California Lottery would like to remind players that gambling should be fun. Borrowing money to play, spending above a person's budget or using money intended for other purposes can ultimately lead to significant problems for players and their families. If a player recognizes that they have a gambling problem or if someone knows of someone who may have a problem, the California Lottery recommends calling the Problem Gambling Help Line at 1-800-GAMBLER.

More than 95 cents of every Lottery dollar is returned to the community in the form of contributions to education, prizes and retail commissions. The California Lottery contributes at least 34 cents of every dollar that players spend on Lottery products to public education and returns more than 50 percent of sales to players in the form of prizes. Since its inception in 1985, the Lottery has contributed more than $20 billion to California schools out of total sales of nearly $55 billion. Retailers benefit too, earning $3.5 billion in compensation since 1985.

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