{"id":17495,"date":"2025-10-22T08:37:27","date_gmt":"2025-10-22T08:37:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/17495\/"},"modified":"2025-10-22T08:37:27","modified_gmt":"2025-10-22T08:37:27","slug":"this-southern-california-liquor-store-keeps-making-lottery-millionaires","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/17495\/","title":{"rendered":"This Southern California liquor store keeps making lottery millionaires"},"content":{"rendered":"

A family-owned liquor store in Los Angeles County might just be the luckiest place in California.<\/p>\n

Village Spirit Shoppe, located at 4601 Lakeview Canyon Road in Westlake Village, recently sold a Super Lotto Plus ticket worth $50 million, minting the store\u2019s third lottery millionaire in the past eight years, California Lottery<\/a> officials announced on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

In 2017, a lottery player walked away with a $3 million prize from a Set for Life scratchers ticket sold at the store, which is owned by the Shon family. Then in March 2021, the store sold an Ultimate Millions scratchers ticket worth $10 million.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy family has owned the shop for 30 years; my mom is the owner,\u201d Mimi Shon told the California Lottery, posing with her mother and a fake check for the $50 million prize.<\/p>\n

\"Westlake<\/a><\/p>\n

Mimi Shon and her mother pose with a fake check for the $50 million lottery prize. October 2025. (California Lottery)<\/p>\n

For their good fortune, the family will receive a $250,000 bonus for selling the winning ticket. Mimi says she plans to take a nice vacation.<\/p>\n

The owner of the winning ticket has not been identified.<\/p>\n

Proceeds from lottery ticket sales benefit public education in the Golden State. Since its launch in 1985, the California Lottery has raised more than $48 billion for schools, officials said.<\/p>\n

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