RELEASE DATE: 6/5/2024
SACRAMENTO – A Mega Millions® ticket worth $2,941,708 million that was purchased in Los Angeles is about to expire this weekend. The ticket for the December 12 drawing last year, came from the SK gas station at 11280 National Boulevard.
That ticket matched the numbers 8, 23, 44, 45, and 53, just missing the Mega Number 3 that night.
Anyone with that winning ticket has until 5 p.m. Friday to bring the ticket to one of California Lottery’s
nine offices across the state. The claimant can also fill out paperwork
found here with the ticket and paperwork postmarked on or before Saturday, June 8.
Given this weekend’s deadline, the Lottery is encouraging all players to double-check any Mega Millions tickets they’re hanging onto as soon as possible. If a person believes they have the winning ticket, they’ll need to complete a California Lottery claim form. In addition to being available online, players can also find the forms at all Lottery Offices or at any of the more than 23,000 California Lottery retail partners throughout the state.
Players can submit their signed claim form, along with the winning ticket, in person, or they can mail the documents to:
California Lottery Headquarters
730 North 10th Street
Sacramento, CA 95811
Mega Millions winners who match five numbers have 180 days from the date of the draw to claim their prize. If nobody submits a claim by this weekend, the $2.9 million will go to public schools in California in line with the Lottery’s mission. The California Lottery exists solely to generate extra money for public education and has raised more than $1.1 billion just in unclaimed prizes since tickets first went on sale in 1985.
While there were no big Mega Millions jackpot winners from California for the recent run, the $552 million jackpot hit in Illinois Tuesday night turned out to be a big win for our state’s schools. The California Lottery earned an estimated $42.8 million for public education from ticket sales during those 20 Mega Millions draws.