5 California Lottery players win combined $17 million - see where they bought their tickets

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Published  August 26, 2025 12:23pm PDT
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The Brief

    • Five California Lottery players won millions of dollars playing various Scratchers games across the state.
    • The winning tickets were sold in Chula Vista, Lompoc, Los Angeles, Millbrae, and San Jacinto, with prizes ranging from $1 million to $7.5 million.
    • The Powerball jackpot has grown to an estimated $815 million after no one won in the latest drawing on Monday.

LOS ANGELES - Five very lucky California Lottery players are millions of dollars richer after striking it big with some very lucky tickets. 

Lucky Scratchers tickets 

By the numbers:

One of the new millionaires is Tara Alisso, who scored the $7.5 million jackpot with a 2025 Scratchers game ticket purchased from Best Bev Liquor in Chula Vista. 

Diego Duval Gonzales spelled out a $7 million prize by playing a Crossword Extreme Scratchers game he bought at Carbaugh's Market in Lompoc. 

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In Los Angeles, Miguel Ramirez won the $1 million top prize playing a $100 million Mega Cash Scratchers game from Three Jay's Liquor in Los Angeles. According to the California Lottery, only one more top prize remains for this game. 

Reginald Swamy won $1 million with a lucky 50X The Cash Scratchers game from Andrea's Market in Millbrae, and finally Theodore Sanders scored the top $1 million prize with his Triple Red 777 Scratchers ticket he purchased at a Stater Brothers in San Jacinto. Only one $1 million top prize remains for this game.

7th largest Powerball jackpot ever

What we know:

If you're not much of a Scratchers-type person and would rather keep your eyes on the bigger prize - the Powerball jackpot continues to grow after no one won the big prize in the latest drawing. 

The winning Powerball numbers for Monday, Aug. 25 were: 16, 19, 34, 37, 64, Powerball 22. 

The next drawing is on Wednesday, Aug. 27, with an estimated jackpot of $815 million before taxes.

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The last time the Powerball was won was 37 drawings ago, in California, on May 31.

Powerball drawings are broadcast live every Monday, Wednesday and Saturday at 10:59 p.m. ET from the Florida Lottery draw studio in Tallahassee. Powerball drawings are also live streamed on Powerball.com.

The Source: Information for this story is from the California Lottery.

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