Mega Millions Jackpot Reaches $454 Million
The winning numbers Tuesday night were 29, 64, 46, 53, 73, and Mega Ball 10.
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The winning numbers Tuesday night were 29, 64, 46, 53, 73, and Mega Ball 10.
Because no one has won a Mega Millions jackpot since March 8, the prize has steadily grown.
A Staten Island woman who was caught up in Powerball fever ended up becoming a Mega Millions winner.
An unidentified person bought the winning ticket for Friday's Mega Millions drawing at the Willowbrook Deli on Staten Island.
Five friends from Yonkers and New Jersey scored big when they won $106 million from a Mega Millions Jackpot drawing on Sept. 11 this year.
The winning ticket for the March 24 drawing was purchased at Carlton Cards in Penn Station, where the group met up Thursday to receive their oversized ceremonial check.
The winning numbers were 2, 23, 32, 45, 55 and Mega Ball 12.
Real estate agent Tammy Pratt of South Fallsburg in Sullivan County was introduced Wednesday as the sole winner of the $126 million Mega Millions jackpot drawn Feb. 27.
Harol Diamond, 80, of Wurtsboro is the sole winner of the $326 million Mega Millions jackpot drawn on Nov. 4, lottery officials revealed Monday.
The winner, a retired educator from Sullivan County, is the sole winner of the Nov. 4 jackpot and is the biggest jackpot winner in state's history.
Politicians weren't the only big winners on Election Day. One lucky person holds the winning ticket for Tuesday night's $326 million Mega Millions jackpot.
Cameron Finney, who will get over $7.4 million after taxes, plans to get a BMW for his daughter, a dream house for his wife and a couple of new rides for himself.
Store employee Laura Marckesano said she literally had to smack the 48-year-old Southampton Hospital worker into his new reality. The winning ticket was sold at the Gascon gas station in Coram on March 25.
Only one ticket nationwide matched the Mega Millions jackpot this week, and the $20 million ticket was sold on Long Island.
Lottery officials said Wednesday that the tickets were sold in Florida and Maryland.
Tuesday's jackpot is now the third largest in jackpot in the multistate lottery game's history. It will also be the sixth largest lottery jackpot in U.S. history.
The latest jackpot has been rolling over since it was last won on Jan. 3, lottery officials said.
The jackpot is now up to $309 million, making it the ninth-largest prize in the game's history.
Ira Curry came forward Wednesday to collect half of the $636 million Mega Millions jackpot, the second largest in U.S. history.
The two winning Mega Millions tickets were sold in California and Georgia, lottery officials said Wednesday.
California Lottery officials say a ticket sold in San Jose matches all six numbers. It was unclear Tuesday night if there were any other winning tickets.
Lottery officials say ticket sales are ahead of projections, one of the primary factors pushing the jackpot higher.
The winning numbers from Friday's drawing were: 19-24-26-27-70, Mega Ball: 12.
It is the second-largest Mega Millions jackpot ever, trailing only a $656 million jackpot won in March 2012, and the fifth largest lottery jackpot of any kind in U.S. history.
All New Jersey Lottery tickets expire one year from the date of the drawing.
