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Los Gatos' Luckiest' Lottery Retailers: Where To Play Powerball

Playing Powerball in Temecula? We found the luckiest retailers who've sold multiple winning tickets. Will you play this draw or wait it out?

The California Lottery has identified its so-called "luckiest places" to buy a ticket.
The California Lottery has identified its so-called "luckiest places" to buy a ticket. (Renee Schiavone/Patch)

LOS GATOS, CA — Powerball Fever is growing, and with an approximate $1.9 billion prize on the line in Monday night's Powerball drawing, some are turning to places where winning tickets were previously sold.

The California Lottery has identified its so-called "luckiest places" to buy a ticket.

There is one such location in Los Gatos:

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  • 7-ELEVEN (657 N SANTA CRUZ AVE)

To play, you'll need to purchase your ticket by 7 p.m. at more than 23,000 retail locations across the Golden State, according to the

The California Lottery touts the $39 billion that have gone to schools since it began in 1985, but a recent Associated Press report presents a far less rosy picture of the socioeconomic impacts of the lottery.

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Lotteries currently operate in all but five states and have been responsible for a “multibillion-dollar wealth transfer from low-income U.S. communities to powerful multinational companies,” The AP reports.

The assertion that lotteries benefit education has been called into question by Howard Center for Investigative Journalism at the University of Maryland study that notes “lotteries often compound inequities by disproportionately benefiting college students and wealthier school districts far from the neighborhoods where most tickets are sold.”

Lottery ticket retails are typically clustered in low-income communities, the study said.

To find one of the "luckiest places" near you, visit the California Lottery website.


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