California Lottery’s Scratch-off Games Mint Five Millionaires

The California Lottery announced several winners of seven-figure prizes from scratch-off tickets. These included a winner who secured a prize just in time for her birthday.

Woman Won $1M Just Before Her Birthday

In its announcement, the California Lottery announced that five separate players have won prizes of $1 million from the lottery. The most noteworthy example was Latreice Presentine, a player from Compton, who won her prize a day before her birthday.

Presentine bought her winning $10 50X The Cash ticket at Sweet Time Donuts, 624 E. Compton Blvd. in Compton – a shop that she regularly visits on her morning commute into Los Angeles.

In an interview with lottery officials, Presentine explained that she buys two $10 scratch-off tickets every morning. On the day before her birthday, her luck finally smiled on her as she won the game’s top prize of $1,000,000.

I couldn’t believe it. I kept looking and looking at the ticket, and I was like, ‘God, for real God? This is how you’re doing me a day before my birthday?’

Latreice Presentine

Presentine told officials that she immediately called her older brother, who is also an avid scratch-off ticket fan. He didn’t believe her at first, but was excited about her win once she proved that she wasn’t joking.

Presentine said that she plans to use the money she won to pay off some debt, buy a new vehicle and put a down payment on a house.

Four More Players Became Millionaires

As mentioned, Presentine wasn’t the only big winner. The California Lottery confirmed that four more lucky players claimed prizes of $1 million from the lottery.

One of these fortunate lottery enthusiasts was Salamawit Belete, who won a top prize of $1 million from a 50X The Cash ticket. The winning ticket was purchased from 7-Eleven at 7460 Brentwood Blvd. in Brentwood.

In the meantime, Johann Guzman won a similar prize from the same game with a ticket that was purchased at the Arco, 988 N. San Antonio Road in Los Altos.

Power 10’s one of the lottery’s other games, also crowned two winners of prizes of $1 million. These included Constantino Chavez, who bought his winning ticket at Florence Donuts,1242 E. Florence, as well as Miguel Maldonado, who bought his winning ticket at the Arco in Oxnard at 1850 S. Rose Avenue.

While the lottery was pleased to have changed the lives of five of its loyal players, it also reminded fans to have fun and play safely.