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The morning after at least three lottery players landed shares of the biggest single-state jackpot in history, the only winners who were talking were the store owners who sold the tickets. 

The three winning SuperLotto Plus tickets, which are each worth $64.3 million before taxes, were sold at an Albertsons in Half Moon Bay and 7-Eleven stores in Orange and Montebello, California lottery officials said Sunday. 

No one had stepped forward to claim the prize Sunday morning, and the Presidents Day holiday means the winners will have to wait until Tuesday to present their tickets to lottery officials. 

The buying frenzy for a shot at the $193 million jackpot peaked Saturday night, when hopefuls snapped up a record $6 million worth of tickets an hour. 

“There’s a lot more excitement around a mega jackpot like this. You pretty much have interest from around the world,” said Norma Minas, a lottery spokeswoman. She was fielding media calls from as far away as Germany and Japan Sunday morning. 

Owners of the three lucky stores will receive $321,666 each for selling the winning tickets. The stores were buzzing with excitement and well-wishers Sunday morning, but the winners stayed away.