{"id":140691,"date":"2026-01-19T23:47:45","date_gmt":"2026-01-19T23:47:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/140691\/"},"modified":"2026-01-19T23:47:45","modified_gmt":"2026-01-19T23:47:45","slug":"bakersfield-lottery-player-wins-1-million-off-los-angeles-rams-scratcher","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/140691\/","title":{"rendered":"Bakersfield lottery player wins $1 million off Los Angeles Rams scratcher"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KERO) \u2014 Five California lottery players are starting 2026 as millionaires after winning big with Game Day scratchers, including one in Bakersfield.<\/p>\n<p>Two players claimed $1 million playing the Los Angeles Rams Scratchers. Ankien Ngo pulled down their winning play with a ticket from the Samco on Hughes Lane, just off Highway 99 in Bakersfield. Michael Richter hauled in his seven-figures with a ticket that passed the counter of San Diego&#8217;s Parkside Market on Thorn Avenue.<\/p>\n<p>Officials remind players that lottery proceeds also help support public education and school programs throughout California.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This story was reported on-air by a journalist and has been converted to this platform with the assistance of AI. Our editorial team verifies all reporting on all platforms for fairness and accuracy.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Stay in Touch with Us Anytime, Anywhere:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KERO) \u2014 Five California lottery players are starting 2026 as millionaires after winning big with Game&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":140692,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[151,155,153,152,6954,70048,162,71015],"class_list":["post-140691","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bakersfield","tag-bakersfield","tag-bakersfield-downtown","tag-bakersfield-headlines","tag-bakersfield-news","tag-california-lottery","tag-game-day-scratchers","tag-kern-county-news","tag-los-angeles-rams-scratchers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140691","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=140691"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140691\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/140692"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=140691"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=140691"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=140691"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}