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Antioch man wins a $50 million lottery jackpot
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CommentANTIOCH -- An Antioch man is the winner of a $50 million lottery jackpot, lottery officials announced Monday.
Retiree Ralph Acridge purchased the SuperLOTTO Plus ticket at a local convenience store on Saturday but misread his numbers and didn't know he had won the jackpot until Sunday.
"I have been playing these numbers for 20 years and I thought I had won $1,217 until Sunday morning when I saw that the winning jackpot ticket had been sold at the 7-Eleven in Antioch," Acridge said in a statement.
"I have been playing these numbers for 20 years and I thought I had won $1,217 until Sunday morning when I saw that the winning jackpot ticket had been sold at the 7-Eleven in Antioch," Acridge said in a statement.
Acridge was the sole winner in Saturday's pick.
The 7-Eleven where he bought the ticket will be awarded $250,000.
The 7-Eleven where he bought the ticket will be awarded $250,000.
Acridge said he'll set up college funds for his grandchildren and perhaps a buy a bigger house.
"I do intend to make a lot of my family and friends' lives better," he said. "I believe that everything happens for a reason and I don't know what the reason is for this, but I know it is my responsibility to make this reason right."
Acridge's award is the second largest out of 31 jackpot tickets ever sold in Contra Costa County. It is surpassed only by an $89 million jackpot awarded to Sang Jo from a ticket she purchased in Moraga in March, 2003./AP
"I do intend to make a lot of my family and friends' lives better," he said. "I believe that everything happens for a reason and I don't know what the reason is for this, but I know it is my responsibility to make this reason right."
Acridge's award is the second largest out of 31 jackpot tickets ever sold in Contra Costa County. It is surpassed only by an $89 million jackpot awarded to Sang Jo from a ticket she purchased in Moraga in March, 2003./AP
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