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One ticket sold in Meng beat the eerie odds of Friday the 13th and that set to win the Mega Millions Jackpot of about $1.35 billion, according to the lottery.
The winning numbers on Friday night were 30-43-45-46-61. with mega ball of fourteen.
Officials have said that the alleged annuitized jackpot could be worth $1.35 billion while potential lump sum cash the payment is $724.6 million.
“Congratulations to the Maine State Lottery, which just won this is first- ever Mega Millions jackpot,” said Pat McDonald, who heads the Ohio Lottery and serves lead director for Mega Millions consortium. This is the fourth billiondollar jackpot in Mega Millions history”.
Friday’s jackpot was won by Mega Millions. second- the largest ever, second only to the lottery record of $1.537 billion won in South Carolina in 2018, said the lottery. Jackpot amount Rose over approximately past three months, eventually surpassing the remarkable billion dollar figure.
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Until this month win there were six previous jackpots won on Friday the 13th in United States, according to Mega Millions.
Another big According to Mega Millions, there are 14 tickets with a prize pool of $1 million among the winners of Friday’s draw. Four tickets were sold, on which all five white balls matched. in New York two in California and one every in Florida, Illinois, Kansas, Kentucky, Missouri, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Texas.
jackpot on friday win comes just three months after the $502 million jackpot on October 14, when there were two winning tickets from California and Florida.
next Painting for estimated jackpot of $20 million planned for Tuesday night, the lottery said. Mega Millions up for grabs in 45 states, along with area of Colombia and the US Virgin Islands.
