Racy Pel, who we've learned works in the City of Long Beach's Technology Services Department, purchased the two tickets in Los Alamitos...and hit the dual jackpots on December 18.

Noteworthy factoid: Mr. Pel won on December 18 but (a CA Lottery release says) waited until Christmas Eve to claim his pricze "since he had the day off of work." [!]

Photo source: CA Lottery

In a release, the CA Lottery says:

[CA Lottery text] Racy Pel has been playing the same sets of SuperLotto Plus numbers for six years. And last Wednesday [Dec. 18] it paid off -- twice!

Pel purchased $20 worth of SuperLotto Plus tickets. While some were Quick PickŪ tickets, it was two tickets that were made up of anniversaries, birthdays and lucky numbers that were the big winners. One of those tickets matched all six winning numbers on December 18th (24, 16, 17, 33, 14, and the Mega number 2.) That jackpot-winning ticket is worth $50 million, with a lump sum cash option of $27.7 million! The other ticket missed just the Mega number and is worth $32,304.

"I purchase the tickets because the money goes back to the schools," Pel said. Pel has three children in public schools and says that he feels it was his way of giving money back to public schools when he purchases California Lottery tickets.

Pel, who works in the computer networking field, says he plans to buy a new car with his $50,032,304 in winnings since his car has a tendency to break down on the way to work. Pel says he purchased the ticket early last week but waited until Christmas Eve to claim his ticket since he had the day off of work.

Both winning tickets were purchased at Finish Line Food Store, which is located at 5084 Katella Avenue in Los Alamitos (Orange County). That lucky retailer will receive a bonus of one half percent or $250,000 for selling the jackpot-winning ticket...