$31 million lotto winner
aims to stay anonymous
The woman who found out Thursday that she had the winning
California SuperLotto Plus ticket has claimed the prize. But she
told lottery officials she doesn't want her name publicized.
Hers is the fourth-largest single-ticket jackpot awarded in San
Diego.
A lottery spokeswoman quoted the winner as saying, in a
statement released last night, “I plan to help my family, do home
improvements and maybe buy an RV because my husband and I love road
trips.”
In case she and her husband are interested, Featherlite Luxury
Coaches of Florida touted its $2.5 million RV, with marble steps,
original art and SubZero refrigerator, as the world's most
expensive in 2006.
The woman bought her ticket, with numbers 5, 17, 23, 42, 43 and
Mega number 19, on Monday at Seafood City Supermarket on Mira Mesa
Boulevard.
The winning numbers were announced Wednesday night.
“My husband's friend told us to check our tickets because he
knew that the winning ticket was sold at the supermarket where we
do our shopping,” the winner told lottery spokeswoman Cathy Doyle
Johnston.
When her husband arrived home Thursday, they checked the lottery
Web site.
“I started jumping and hitting my husband,” the woman said. “He
had to get me a glass of water because I was shaking.”
