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Mother's Lucky Numbers Lead to Lottery Win
$500k winner discovered numbers while cleaning his deceased mother's home.
A mother's lucky numbers helped one man win more than $500,000 in
the lottery a year after her death, according to California lottery officials.
Arnel C. discovered a list of his mother's favorite lottery numbers hidden under her bed while he was cleaning out her things after she died a year ago, said lottery spokeswoman Alex Elias.
Since then, he has regularly been playing the numbers -- which
included 31, 24, 20, 33 and 36.
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His loyalty to her memory paid off this week when those numbers
matched the MEGA Millions draw, missing only the Mega number of 44. The
ticket, purchased at the 99 Ranch Market in Foster City, won Arnel $542,032.
MEGA Millions is a multi-state game played in California and 43
other states. The jackpot for tonight's draw is $148 million.
