Within 9 months of 2014, three Northern California residents hit some of the largest lottery jackpots in history.
In January, Steve Tran, a truck driver, split $648 million with Ira Cury from Atlanta. He bought the ticket at a gift shop in East San Jose. A few months later in April, retiree Raymond Buxton won $425 million. The winning ticket was bought at a gas station in Milpitas which is less than 10 miles from the gift shop. Vinh Nguyen bought the winning $228 million jackpot ticket at grocery store in San Mateo which is about 30 miles from San Jose.
The total value of all three tickets are $977 million. And now 4 years later in July 2018, a winning jackpot of $543 million will be shared by 11 co-workers at a financial institution. The ticket, as you guess it, was bought at a liquor store in San Jose, less than 2 miles form the gift shop that sold the $648 million jackpot ticket.
Just for the last 4 years, over $1.5 billion of lucky money has won here in the Bay Area. If all other winning jackpots are considered for the last 12 years, the Bay Area has captured almost $1.8 billion of lottery jackpot. Not too bad for a place that are already rich with dot.com multi-millionaires.
In January, Steve Tran, a truck driver, split $648 million with Ira Cury from Atlanta. He bought the ticket at a gift shop in East San Jose. A few months later in April, retiree Raymond Buxton won $425 million. The winning ticket was bought at a gas station in Milpitas which is less than 10 miles from the gift shop. Vinh Nguyen bought the winning $228 million jackpot ticket at grocery store in San Mateo which is about 30 miles from San Jose.
The total value of all three tickets are $977 million. And now 4 years later in July 2018, a winning jackpot of $543 million will be shared by 11 co-workers at a financial institution. The ticket, as you guess it, was bought at a liquor store in San Jose, less than 2 miles form the gift shop that sold the $648 million jackpot ticket.
Just for the last 4 years, over $1.5 billion of lucky money has won here in the Bay Area. If all other winning jackpots are considered for the last 12 years, the Bay Area has captured almost $1.8 billion of lottery jackpot. Not too bad for a place that are already rich with dot.com multi-millionaires.
