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This past week California lottery officials confirmed that the winning ticket for the $1 billion Powerball prize was sold in Los Angeles. In addition, three lucky Bay Area residents grabbed tickets matching the first five numbers in Wednesday’s drawing. These tickets were worth a cool half a million. I’ve dabbled in the lottery a lot […]

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