Mega Millions $31 million winning ticket sold at Woburn gas station
WOBURN - There was one winning ticket in the $31 million Mega Millions drawing Tuesday night and it was sold in Woburn, according to the Massachusetts Lottery. That marks the second straight week a Massachusetts resident has taken home a massive lottery prize.
The lottery said the ticket was sold at the Gibbs gas station on Winn Street in Woburn. No one at the gas station would comment Wednesday morning.
According to the Mega Millions website, the one-time cash option for the jackpot is $16.5 million.
The winning numbers were 7-9-18-29-39 and the Mega ball was 13.
The gas station will get a $50,000 bonus for selling the winning ticket.
Exactly a week ago, there was another Mega Millions $31 million winner in Massachusetts. That ticket was sold at a Stop & Shop in Belchertown.
"This is kind of astonishing," Mass Lottery interim executive director Mark William Bracken said about the consecutive wins, adding it is like catching lightning in a bottle twice.
Both $31 million winners rank just outside the top 10 prizes in state history.
Mega Millions winners have one year from the date of the drawing to claim their prizes.
"Most people take their time. We'll have to sit and wait and see. I'm sure we'll hear pretty soon who the winner is," Bracken said.
