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<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tON OTHER OPPORTUNITIES. EXCITEMENT IS BUILDING FOR TONIGHT\u2019S POWERBALL DRAWING. THE JACKPOT, NOW $1.2 BILLION. AND OF COURSE, LOTS OF PEOPLE ARE HOPING FOR LUCK TONIGHT. WE SAW A LOT OF PEOPLE GRABBING THEIR TICKETS FROM A SACRAMENTO STORE THAT SOLD A FEW OF THOSE MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR TICKETS OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS. KCRA 3\u2019S AND CORTEZ SHOWS US THE SCENE AT THE CHINESE LIQUOR AND DELI ON SOUTHLAND PARK DRIVE. I HEARD IT\u2019S THE SPOT. IT\u2019S A LUCKY SPOT. IT\u2019S THE LUCKY SPOT. DAYS AFTER A POWERBALL TICKET HERE MATCHED FIVE OF THE SIX NUMBERS PLAYERS ARE BACK FOR TONIGHT\u2019S DRAWING. I\u2019M IN THE AREA, SO I CAME OVER HERE AND I STOOD IN LINE. I WAS WAY BACK THERE AND CAME ALL THE WAY AROUND. I HOPE TO BE TO GET ALL THE NUMBERS. RIGHT? RIGHT. YEAH. THE ONE WINNER, THE SUDDENLY A FAMILIAR SPOT FOR FIRST TIMERS AND REGULARS ALIKE, ALL CHASING TONIGHT\u2019S OVER $1 BILLION DRAWING. BUY A HOUSE. OF COURSE. TRAVEL. PUT SOME MONEY AWAY FOR COLLEGE. WHAT WOULD YOU SPEND THE MONEY ON? OH, DEFINITELY A LOT TO GO TO CHARITY. YOU KNOW, THERE\u2019S A LOT OF CHURCHES, A LOT OF, YOU KNOW, THAT NEED HELP. SATURDAY\u2019S DRAWING SAW A POWERBALL TICKET WORTH ALMOST $2 MILLION. SOLD HERE AT THE LUCKY LIQUOR STORE IN LAND PARK. MISSING THE POT BY ONE NUMBER. I FIGURED I\u2019D TRY THIS PLACE BECAUSE THEY ARE PRETTY LUCKY. THEY GOT A LOT OF WINNERS. AND AS THE CLOCK TICKS DOWN, HOPES STAY HIGH. EVEN IF EXPECTATIONS DON\u2019T. I NEVER WON, THOUGH. BUT THIS IS THE FIRST TIME, RIGHT? WHEN I HIT. HEY, I\u2019M NOT COMING BACK TOMORROW IN SACRAMENTO. CORTEZ KCRA THREE NEWS. ALL RIGHT, WELL\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
Lottery hopefuls return to Sacramento store that sold nearly $2M Powerball ticket<\/p>\n
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\t\tEditorial Standards \u24d8<\/a><\/p>\n \n\t\t\t\t\t\tLichine\u2019s Liquor Store in South Land Park has become a hotspot for lottery players after selling a nearly $2 million Powerball ticket, as the jackpot climbs to $1.25 billion.\u201cI heard it\u2019s the spot \u2014 the lucky spot,\u201d said Powerball hopeful Cathy Arellano, reflecting the excitement surrounding the store.RELATED | Powerball ticket worth almost $2 million sold at lucky Lichine’sDays after a ticket sold at Lichine\u2019s matched five of the six Powerball numbers, players continue returning for the next drawing.\u201cI came over here, and I stood in line all the way back there and came all the way around,\u201d said Jimmy Guyton, eager to try his luck.The store has become a familiar stop for both first-time players and regulars, all chasing a prize now topping $1.25 billion, with a cash value of more than $500 million. This drawing makes it the game\u2019s sixth-largest prize ever. The jackpot last rolled over Monday night after no ticket matched all six numbers. In that drawing, a Salinas resident won more than $700,000. Read more here. See more coverage of top California stories here | Download our app | Subscribe to our morning newsletter | Find us on YouTube here and subscribe to our channel\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\tSACRAMENTO, Calif. \u2014 \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n Lichine\u2019s Liquor Store in South Land Park has become a hotspot for lottery players after selling a nearly $2 million Powerball ticket, as the jackpot climbs to $1.25 billion.<\/p>\n \u201cI heard it\u2019s the spot \u2014 the lucky spot,\u201d said Powerball hopeful Cathy Arellano, reflecting the excitement surrounding the store.<\/p>\n RELATED | Powerball ticket worth almost $2 million sold at lucky Lichine’s<\/a><\/p>\n Days after a ticket sold at Lichine\u2019s matched five of the six Powerball numbers, players continue returning for the next drawing.<\/p>\n \u201cI came over here, and I stood in line all the way back there and came all the way around,\u201d said Jimmy Guyton, eager to try his luck.<\/p>\n The store has become a familiar stop for both first-time players and regulars, all chasing a prize now topping $1.25 billion, with a cash value of more than $500 million. This drawing makes it the game\u2019s sixth-largest prize ever. <\/p>\n The jackpot last rolled over Monday night after no ticket matched all six numbers. In that drawing, a Salinas resident won more than $700,000. Read more here<\/a>. <\/p>\n See more coverage of top California stories here<\/a> | Download our app<\/a> | Subscribe to our morning newsletter<\/a> | Find us on YouTube here and subscribe to our channel<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ON OTHER OPPORTUNITIES. EXCITEMENT IS BUILDING FOR TONIGHT\u2019S POWERBALL DRAWING. THE JACKPOT, NOW $1.2 BILLION. AND OF COURSE,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":99249,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[2820,23615,53700,228,54119,54116,14939,22715,54117,54118,9442,11406,54121,54120,2001,121,123,122,54122,14423,17565,8843],"class_list":["post-99248","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sacramento","tag-app","tag-download","tag-hotspot","tag-jackpot","tag-lichine","tag-lichines-liquor-store","tag-liquor-store","tag-lottery","tag-m-ticket","tag-next-drawing","tag-player","tag-powerball","tag-powerball-hopeful","tag-powerball-number","tag-prize","tag-sacramento","tag-sacramento-headlines","tag-sacramento-news","tag-sacramento-store","tag-south-land-park","tag-spot","tag-way"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99248","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=99248"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99248\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/99249"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=99248"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=99248"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=99248"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}