$137K Lottery Ticket Sold In Bay Area

SANTA ROSA, CA — A Mega Millions lottery ticket for Friday night's drawing matched the first 5 numbers chosen, but missed the mega ball. The ticket is worth $137,648. It was the only ticket in the state that matched 5 numbers.

The ticket was purchased at Liquor Mart on Coffey Lane in Santa Rosa. Here are the numbers —

• 8
• 9
• 18
• 35
• 41
• 18 (Mega number)

No one won the multi-state jackpot, which will grow to $36 million for Tuesday's drawing.

Last Tuesday, a $1.58 billion ticket was sold in Florida. Here in California, a 5 out of 5 ticket for that drawing is worth $3.4 million. The huge difference between what the California tickets are worth between the Tuesday and Friday drawings is a result of the number of tickets sold for each.

Lottery money used for education

Here is California, proceeds from the lottery are used for public education. A statement on the California Lottery website details the funding, "The Lottery has given California public schools more than $41 billion since we began in 1985. We gave approximately $2 billion to public schools in Fiscal Year 2021-22, which is about 1% of the state’s annual budget for public schools. Remember, Lottery funds are meant to supplement public education, not replace state and local funding."

Future drawings

The largest lottery jackpot available in California right now is $194 million from Powerball. That drawing will be held Saturday night. Also Saturday, the SuperLotto Plus drawing is worth $8 million.

Other recent winners in California were a $1 billion Powerball jackpot and an $82 million SuperLotto Plus jackpot.