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Friday's Mega Millions jackpot jumped to $ 530 million with a $ 343.9 million cash option.
The winning numbers were: 17, 19, 27, 40, 68. The drawn Mega Ball was 2. The mega was 3x.
The first prize, worth $ 530 million, is the seventh largest in 17-year history of Mega Millions and the fifteenth in the history of the American lottery. It's also the first Mega Millions jackpot of the year to break the half-billion dollar mark.
Her son is trying to extricate himself from a dreaded summer job conversation by checking his ticket for Mega Millions. Of course, he won $ 1 million.
The Oceanport man learned that he had won $ 1 million as he was getting ready for lunch with his father.
The Mega Millions jackpot has not been claimed since March 12th. That's when Hira Singh of Shawnee, Kansas, won the $ 50 million first prize with a ticket he bought at a QuikTrip in Kansas City, Missouri. Since then, 24 weekly draws have taken place without a jackpot winner.
Tuesday's winning numbers were: 25, 37, 46, 48, 68. The drawn Mega Ball was 25. The mega was 2x. Nobody has hit the jackpot of $ 475 million, although five tickets of a second prize have been sold across the country. Each one corresponds to five numbers, but not the Mega Ball.
Tickets purchased in Arizona, Connecticut, Michigan and Minnesota are worth $ 1 million each. A ticket bought in Colorado is valued at $ 2 million, as the buyer has spent an additional dollar to exercise the Megaplier option.
In New Jersey, three third-prize tickets worth $ 10,000 were sold. Each four-number correspondent plus the Mega Ball plus the Mega Ball. They were purchased at the following locations:
- ShopRite on English Creek Avenue in Egg Harbor Township
- Raritan Valley Pharmacy on Route 202 in Branchburg
- Amoco on Central Avenue in Westfield
Mega Millions tickets cost $ 2 each. The odds that the ticket will match five numbers and that the Mega Ball is 302,575,350 to 1. This is a shot at one out of 12,607,306 to win the second prize of at least $ 1 million by matching five figures.
Mega Millions is played in 44 states, Washington D.C. and the US Virgin Islands.
Jeff Goldman can be reached at [email protected]. Follow him on Twitter @JeffSGoldman. Chris Sheldon can be reached at [email protected]. Follow him on Twitter @ chrisrsheldonFind NJ.com on Facebook.
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