Redwood City's 'Luckiest' Lottery Retailers: Where To Play Powerball

REDWOOD CITY, CA — Powerball Fever is growing, and with an approximate $1.9 billion prize on the line in Monday night's Powerball drawing, some are turning to places where winning tickets were previously sold.

The California Lottery has identified its so-called "luckiest places" to buy a ticket.

There nine such locations in Redwood City:

• MAIN ST MARKET (804 MAIN ST)
• SAFEWAY (1071 EL CAMINO REAL)
• CHEVRON (990 VETERANS BLVD)
• 7-ELEVEN )1700 BROADWAY ST)
• ROOSEVELT LIQUOR & GROCERY (1700 EL CAMINO REAL)
• VERA CASH MARKET (400 VERA AVE)
• 76 (1603 BROADWAY ST)
• REDWOOD CITY MART (699 EL CAMINO REAL)
• REDWOOD CITY MARTCO (602 EL CAMINO REAL)

To play, you'll need to purchase your ticket by 7 p.m. at more than 23,000 retail locations across the Golden State, according to the

The California Lottery touts the $39 billion that have gone to schools since it began in 1985, but a recent Associated Press report presents a far less rosy picture of the socioeconomic impacts of the lottery.

Lotteries currently operate in all but five states and have been responsible for a “multibillion-dollar wealth transfer from low-income U.S. communities to powerful multinational companies,” The AP reports.

The assertion that lotteries benefit education has been called into question by Howard Center for Investigative Journalism at the University of Maryland study that notes “lotteries often compound inequities by disproportionately benefiting college students and wealthier school districts far from the neighborhoods where most tickets are sold.”

Lottery ticket retails are typically clustered in low-income communities, the study said.

To find one of the "luckiest places" near you, visit the California Lottery website.