# California’s luckiest lottery spots revealed — including ‘jackpot’ SoCal location and border town hotspot

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/californias-luckiest-lottery-spots-revealed-including-jackpot-socal-location-and-border-town-hotspot/
- Published: 2026-11-11T13:00:00+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-11T13:25:38+00:00
- Original publisher: New York Post (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://nypost.com/2026/11/11/us-news/hawthorne-store-leads-california-in-100k-lottery-jackpots/
- Topics: World

## Key points

- Hawthorne’s Bluebird Liquor led independent retailers with 11 large-prize tickets.
- Gold Ranch Lottery had big payouts to 12 people.
- Lottery officials say the shop does not change the odds.

## Summary

Bluebird Liquor in Hawthorne has sold tickets linked to 11 prizes of at least $100,000 since 2020, the highest total among California’s independent retailers. The figures highlight where large lottery prizes have been paid, but the state lottery says buying a ticket at a high-performing shop does not improve a player’s odds.

The figures come from a review of 4,273 payments of $100,000 or more made from January 2020 to September 2026; some winning draws took place before 2020. Bluebird’s prizes totalled $3.1 million, while Gold Ranch Lottery in Floriston had paid big prizes to 12 people, the most for any location overall. Other shops cited include Dolce Espresso in San Jose, with $8.5 million across five scratchcard prizes, and Fulton Square Liquor in Sherman Oaks, with $8.8 million across four.

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