Century City gas station sells 2nd winning lotto ticket in less than a year

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Sunday, January 18, 2015
76 cashier Noor Ullah points to the 'Millionaires Made Here' sign in this undated file photo.
76 cashier Noor Ullah points to the 'Millionaires Made Here' sign in this undated file photo.
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CENTURY CITY, LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- A 76 gas station in Century City is churning out some lucky numbers. On Saturday, the retailer sold its second major lottery-winning ticket in less than a year.

The Powerball ticket sold Saturday matched five of six numbers to win the nearly $2 million prize. It had the numbers 15, 27, 23, 36 and 16, and was only missing the number 9.

Because the ticket was not a perfect match, the jackpot for Wednesday increases to $208 million.

In April, the same gas station, located in the 10300 block of Santa Monica Boulevard, sold a $30 million Mega Millions ticket. It was paid $150,000 for selling the winning ticket.

This time around, the 76 gas station only gets about $9,980, which equals half of 1 percent of the winnings.

The latest winner is asked to sign the back of his or her ticket in ink and visit a Lottery District office. The closest office from the gas station is at 16525 Sherman Way, #C10 in Van Nuys.