$12-million SuperLotto jackpot won by custodians, secretaries and principal at Commerce grade school

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$12-million SuperLotto jackpot won by custodians, secretaries and principal at Commerce grade school
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February 9, 2011 | 12:49 pm

Eleven workers at Bandini Elementary School in Commerce have been celebrating this week after winning $12 million in Saturday's SuperLotto Plus draw.

The group, which includes custodians, secretaries and the school’s principal, had pooled their money to buy four tickets every week for about a year, said group spokesman Ramon Soliz.

Normally, Soliz said, he organizes the collection of funds and buys the tickets. But this past week, he asked a secretary to do it. The secretary said she had a good feeling about a store in Whittier and bought the ticket there, Soliz said.

On Monday, after checking the ticket numbers at a nearby store, Soliz ran back to his car and headed to the school.

“I walked into the main office and said, ‘We hit!’” said Soliz, a custodian at the school. “We checked, we re-checked, we triple-checked and quadruple-checked. Then the celebration was on."

The group members have decided to take an immediate cash payout instead of getting the money over several years and will divide $7.1 million equally.

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