A Southland grandmother probably will never have to worried about being short of money for the rest of her life. Seventy-three-year-old Audelia Ramirez of Alhambra hit the jackpot in the Superlotto Plus game on Wednesday, August 30. Another player in San Diego got all of the winning numbers right as well, so they split the $18 million jackpot.

Ramirez bought her $9 million winning ticket at the Superior Super Warehouse at 9100 Whittier Boulevard in Pico Rivera. The winning numbers: 22, 27, 32, 31, 2, and the Mega number 11.  When asked by lottery officials what she plans to do with the winnings, the retiree said she would love to buy a house and move out of her small apartment. Ramirez has six children and eight grandchildren.

Meanwhile, the Mega Millions jackpot is a lot richer today after no one picked all of the winning numbers in last Friday’s draw.  The winning numbers: 7, 12, 19, 23 31, and the Mega Ball 45. In California, five lucky players got all but the Mega Ball right. Each of those tickets is worth  $39, 316.

The Mega Millions jackpot stands at $54 million. The next draw is Tuesday, September 13 at 8 p.m.

The Mega Millions jackpot took another leap — this time to $76 million. On election Tuesday — no one managed to match all the correct digits: 15, 22, 23, 48, 55 and the Mega Ball 31. However, one California player did score all but the Mega Ball — and that ticket is worth $226, 991.

The next draw is tomorrow, Friday, February 25, at 8 p.m.

More big money lottery news –Media City winner steps forward

The owner of that $10 million SuperLotto Plus ticket is no longer a mystery.  Yesterday, Hollywood prop maker/Burbank resident, Brian McMahon, cashed in the ticket he bought for last Saturday’s SuperLotto Plus game at La Paz Liquor on West Magnolia Boulevard in Burbank.

McMahon is planning to “have a great life,” buy a new home, a new truck, and put aside s0me of his winnings for his family. He told lottery officials: “I want to make the money grow and secure my children’s future and my grandchildren’s future.”

The couple that owns La Paz Liquor, Daniel and Jin Roh, got $50,000 for selling that winning SuperLotto Plus ticket.

You’ve heard before, but I gotta say it again  — the Mega Millions jackpot has rolled over after no one picked all of the winning numbers.  Tuesday’s draw numbers were 11, 19, 40, 43, 44, and the Mega Ball 33.

The Mega Millions jackpot is now at least $100 million. Usually, when the jackpot hits triple digits lottery fever kicks in among the ticket buying public. We’ll see. The next Mega Millions draw is tomorrow, August 20.

Meanwhile, there’s one really lucky 7-11 out in El Monte. The store at 10707 Lower Azusa Road sold not one but two winning tickets in last Saturday’s SuperLotto Plus game. One ticket is worth $22 million for getting all the winning numbers right, the second, $23,541 for matching all but the Mega number.

The winning numbers from that SuperLotto Plus draw: 12, 40, 36, 8, 24, and the Mega number 12. The 7-11 outlet gets a bonus of $110,000 for selling that jackpot winning ticket.