Who won the $395 million Mega Millions jackpot? One of two winners who bought tickets at the same Encino store has come forward.
The lucky winner will claim half of the advertised $395 million prize in a jackpot win that was a first for the California Lottery .The winner of one of the two multi-million dollar lottery jackpot tickets purchased at the same store in Encino has been revealed nearly seven months later.
In a press release, the California Lottery identified the winner of half of the $395-million Mega Millions jackpot as F. Lahijani. No other details were available.at the same Chevron gas station in Encino at 18081 Ventura Boulevard, and both matched all six numbers to hit the jackpot.also receive a check per winning ticket they sell. According to the California Lottery, any ticket over $1 million or more earns a bonus of half of one percent of the prize value, up to a million dollars.
For selling two winning tickets, the lucky minimart received a bonus of more than $1.9 million — the highest bonus of all time. “This was only made possible by the fact that the same store sold two jackpot-winning tickets over two separate transactions,” said Caroyln Becker, California Lottery spokesperson, in the press release. “This has never happened before, and we want to congratulate the owners of this particular retail location!”
Powerball and Mega Millions jackpot winners have a year to come forward from the date of the draw to claim their prize. The person who won the other winning ticket sold that night has yet to come forward and claim their prize of the remaining $197 million.Click a marker on the map to learn more about that retailer. Search for locations by clicking the search icon to the left.
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