The origin of the California Lottery is in Proposition 37 or the California State Lottery Act, a ballot measure that was approved by 58 percent of voters on November 6, 1984. On the Web site of this lottery, the california lottery winning numbers may be found.
The lottery numbers that are announced are for the following games: Mega Millions, Super Lotto Plus, Fantasy 5, Daily 4, Daily 3 (midday), Daily 3 (evening), and Daily Derby. Scratchers and Hot Spot games are also offered by the California Lottery. All the CA Lottery draws are open to the public, and if you want to find out the California Lottery winning numbers by personally attending a draw, you can phone ahead of time.
When you play the Mega Millions game, you get to choose five California Lottery winning numbers from 1 to 56 and a Mega number from 1 to 46. Nine ways to match and win are in the Mega Millions game. If you match only the Mega number, you can already win a pari-mutuel prize, but to win the jackpot, you are required to match the Mega number as well as all five of the five numbers drawn.
The draw for the Mega Millions game is held on Tuesday and Friday nights. The odds that anyone can make a jackpot-winning bet are 1 in 175,711,536 although the overall odds for the game are considerably better, at 1 in 39.89 when you take into account the other ways to match and win.
Super Lotto Plus involves choosing five numbers from 1 to 47 along with a Mega number from 1 to 27, and it also has nine ways to win, similar to the Mega Millions game. The winning numbers for this game are drawn on Wednesday and Saturday nights.
Playing the Fantasy 5 game will let you choose five numbers from 1 to 39 as your California Lottery winning numbers. You get to win if your chosen numbers match any two, three, four, or all the five numbers from the daily draw.
In the Daily 4 games, players pick a set of four numbers from 0 to 9. They can try to match the Daily 4 California Lottery winning numbers in the exact order that the numbers were drawn. However, a variety of winning combinations can occur with straight, box, and straight/box, the three play styles for the game.
Those who play the Daily 3 games get to choose a set of three numbers from 0 to 9. Ways of winning are similar to the combinations for Daily 4 games. Daily Derby players can win twice on one ticket since they choose a horse by its name of number and the race time. Winning in the Daily Derby involves matching the winning horse, the race time, or both.
