Two Mega Millions $1 million jackpots have been won in Massachusetts
No one won the $1.1 billion jackpot in Tuesday’s Mega Million drawing, but two tickets sold in Massachusetts were worth $1 million each. The million dollar prizes were won on an express ticket sold at Wegmans in Chestnut Hill and another quick-select ticket sold at Jacqueline’s Little Market in Lawrence, according to the Massachusetts Lottery. This is the first time Chestnut Hill Wegman’s has hit a big winner. Store manager Todd Drakell said he learned about the winning ticket while listening to the radio conversation while driving to work. “When I walked into the store this morning, we checked with our machines that we had, in fact, sold out one-in-a-million-dollar lottery tickets,” Drakell said. Drakell said Wegmans Food Markets, Inc. You will receive approximately $10,000 from the Chestnut Hill Store for the sale of the winning ticket. The numbers drawn late Tuesday night were: 7, 13, 14, 15, 18 and Gold Mega Ball 9. Friday night’s new jackpot drawing will mark another milestone in the game, Mega Millions said in a statement early on. from Wednesday. The $1.35 billion jackpot is the biggest in the game since Oct. 23, 2018, when a ticket sold in South Carolina won a $1.537 billion prize after the rollover, the largest in Game history. Friday’s drawing will be the 26th since the jackpot was last hit on October 14, 2022, when tickets sold in California and Florida won a share of $502 million. There have been 25 draws over the three months since the last time a player matched all 6 numbers and won the jackpot. The grand prize of $1.35 billion will be distributed in the next drawing only to the winner who chooses an annual stipend to be paid out over 29 years. Almost all jackpot winners opt for the cash payout, which is estimated at $707.9 million for the Friday night drawing, and the largest US jackpot to date was the $2.04 billion won by a single-ticket Powerball in California in November. Despite the game’s long odds of 1 in 302.6 million, players continue to buy tickets as the size of the jackpot grows. Mega Millions is played in 45 states as well as in Washington, D.C. and the US Virgin Islands. for this report.
No one won the $1.1 billion jackpot in Tuesday’s Mega Million drawing, but two Massachusetts tickets worth $1 million each sold out.
The million dollar prizes were won on a quick-selling ticket sold at Wegmans in Chestnut Hill and another quick-selling ticket sold at Jaqueline’s Mini Market in Lawrence, according to the Massachusetts Lottery.
This is the first time that Chestnut Hill Wegman’s has been a grand winner. The store manager, Todd Drakell, said he learned of the winning ticket while listening to the radio while driving to work.
“When I walked into the store this morning, we verified with our machine that we had, in fact, sold one of the million-dollar lottery tickets,” Drakell said.
Drickel said Wegmans Food Markets, Inc. You will receive approximately $10,000 for the sale of the winning ticket to the Chestnut Hill Store.
The numbers drawn late Tuesday night were: 7, 13, 14, 15, 18 and Gold Mega Ball 9.
Mega Millions said in a statement early Wednesday that the new jackpot draw on Friday night will be another milestone in the game.
“Now at $1.35 billion, the Mega Millions jackpot is moving ahead and making history as the second highest ever Mega Millions jackpot,” Pat McDonald, Ohio Lottery Director and Principal Director of the Mega Millions Consortium, said in the release.
The $1.35 billion Mega Millions jackpot is the largest in the game since October 23, 2018, when a ticket sold in South Carolina hit the $1.537 billion jackpot, the largest in the game’s history.
Friday’s drawing will be the 26th since the jackpot was last hit on October 14, 2022, when tickets sold in California and Florida won a share of $502 million.
There have been 25 draws over the three months since the last time a player matched all six numbers and won the jackpot.
The grand prize of $1.35 billion in the next drawing will only be distributed to the winner who chooses an annual stipend to be paid out over 29 years. Almost all of the major jackpot winners opt for the cash payout, which is estimated at $707.9 million for the Friday night drawing.
The biggest US jackpot to date was the $2.04 billion won by a single-ticket Powerball in California in November.
Despite the game’s long odds of 1 in 302.6 million, players keep buying tickets as the jackpot size increases.
Mega Millions is played in 45 states as well as in Washington D.C. and the US Virgin Islands.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.