$30 Million Lottery Ticket Sold In Bay Area

COTATI, CA — Someone just punched their retirement ticket.

One ticket worth $30 million matched all six numbers in Wednesday's night's SuperLotto Plus drawing, the statewide lotto run by the California Lottery. It was sold at My Goods Market on Gravenstein Highway in Cotati.

The winning numbers are:

• 3
• 13
• 17
• 23
• 35
• 24

The winner has the option of selecting an annuity that will be paid out over decades, totaling $30 million, or a lesser cash payout.

Tickets that matched 5 numbers, each worth $11,609, were sold in Rohnert Park, Sacramento, and El Centro.

According to the California State Lottery website, "The fastest way to claim prizes $600 and over is at a Lottery District Office. Lottery District Offices are open Monday through Friday 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. to accept claim forms. No appointments are required. The current processing time for error-free claims is 4 to 6 weeks."

Same-day check processing at lottery offices is available for prizes up to $1,000.

For Saturday's drawing, the jackpot reverts to the minimum of $7 million.

The multi-state lottos played in California have jackpots that have grown to astronomical levels. Friday night's Mega Millions jackpot is $233 million, while Saturday's Powerball is $320 million.

While federal income tax is due on lottery winnings, California is one of just eight states that do not tax lottery windfalls. The others are Florida, New Hampshire, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Washington and Wyoming.