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More from Local NewsA customer at the Agoura Hills Car Wash on Canwood Street left with more than a clean vehicle; the SuperLOTTO Plus ticket she purchased has made her $11 million richer.
Officials with the California Lottery are waiting for the winner to come forward and claim the prize.
Nada Roesel, a cashier at the carwash, which also sells gasoline and has a market, said the winner was a woman who stopped by the shop around 3 a.m. Thursday to tell the on-duty clerk the news.
Roesel and others at the shop viewed videotape of the visit.
"She was excited," Roesel said. "She's probably sleeping right now."
The customer's winning ticket hit all six numbers, which were 8, 12, 23, 32, 39 and the Mega number 25, in Wednesday evening's drawing, according to the statement from the California Lottery.
Six other tickets held five of the six winning numbers and are each worth more than $11,000. Those tickets were sold in San Diego, Pleasant Hill, San Jacinto, Redondo Beach, San Jose and Newhall.
Agoura Hills Car Wash will receive $55,000 for selling the winning ticket, said Cathy Johnston a lottery spokeswoman.
What the $55,000 will go toward is up to the owner, Roesel said, adding the win was sweet for the carwash.
"We have smaller winners but nothing that big," she said. "It was all across the freeway. Now it's our turn. We kept saying it's got to come over to our side."
A group won a $56 million jackpot with a ticket purchased at the Reyes Adobe Shell in 2006. A gas station in nearby Calabasas sold a ticket that won $45 million the same year.
Johnston said the winner has 180 days to come forward. She added it was very rare for winners not to claim their prizes. In 22 years, only 15 people have not stepped forward to receive their winnings.
Posted by MissGreen on August 15, 2008 at 11:45 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Looks like I know where i'm buying my lotto tickets from now on! haha Congrats to the big winner!
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