$7.5M Jackpot-Winning Lottery Ticket Sold In Bay Area

SAN JOSE, CA – A Bay Area woman is an overnight multimillionaire, the California Lottery announced Friday.

San Jose resident Mae Chielo Siendo nabbed a $7.5 million win from a 2025 “Scratchers” game purchased at El Dorado Food and Liquor Market, according to the CA Lottery. She joins three other big lottery winners in the state.

The other winners include Vrenda Salazar Jimenez in Delhi, who claimed a $2 million prize with an “Instant Prize Crossword Scratchers” game purchased at 7-Eleven.

Kenneth Hurd, in Ontario, won $2 million via an “Instant Prize Crossword Scratchers” from Jay’s Liquor and Market.

In Anaheim, Rosa Chavez claimed a winning “Powerball” ticket purchased from an Anaheim 7-Eleven. According to the CA Lottery, her prize was “worth $515 million in the March 29, 2025 drawing.”

The announcement of these major lottery wins comes during “Lottery Week” (July 14 to July 20), during which the California Lottery gives back 95 cents of every dollar spent on lottery games to the community “through contributions to public schools, player prizes, and retailer compensation,” according to the CA Lottery. Held annually, “Lottery Week,” this year is notable in that CA Lottery is also celebrating its 40th anniversary.

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