California Lottery Player Wins $1.7 Million Mega Millions Prize from Ventura County Donut Shop

One California Lottery player is a millionaire after winning $1.7 million from a Mega Millions ticket purchased at a Ventura County-based doughnut shop in July, California Lottery officials announced.

Alfredo Espinoza Soto won $1,698,158 from a Mega Millions ticket purchased at Master’s Donuts in Oxnard.

The ticket was one number short of the jackpot before it reached the $1 billion mark in August.

Soto recently came forward to claim the prize, according to lottery officials.

The donut shop has sold winning lottery tickets and games, including a scratcher worth $1 million.

“We sell a lot of tickets.

We have a pretty long line when the jackpots are high,” Michelle Senna, owner of Master’s Donuts, told the California Lottery.

“We sold a $1 million Scratchers ticket about ten years ago.”

The store got a $8,000 bonus for selling the winning Mega Millions ticket, a news release said