A winning ticket was sold in New England in Friday night’s $1.35 billion Mega Millions lottery drawing, lottery officials said. According to Mega Millions, the winning ticket was sold in Maine. It is the fourth largest lottery prize in US history. The winning numbers in the Mega Millions lottery drawing on Friday night were 30-43-45-46-61 with a Mega Ball of 14. The winning ticket was sold at Hometown Gas & Grill in Lebanon, Maine, according to the Maine Lottery. Lebanon is right on the New Hampshire border. “The second biggest in history. This is big for Lebanon. It’s great,” said Fred Cotreau, owner of Hometown Gas & Grill. Coutreau didn’t believe the news when he got the call. “When I got the call from Augusta this morning, I thought it was a scam,” Coutreau said. Many people have won small prizes in the lottery game, but no one has matched all six numbers and won the grand prize since October 14. Those 25 straight drawings without a winner allowed the top prize to roll over and get bigger for three months. The $1.35 billion prize goes to a winner who chooses an annuity with annual payouts over 29 years. Winners almost always take the cash option, which is an estimated $707.9 million for Friday night’s drawing. The $2.04 billion Powerball prize, the largest jackpot in US history, was won in California last November. Mega Millions is played in 45 states as well as Washington. DC, and the US Virgin Islands.
A winning ticket was sold in New England in Friday night’s $1.35 billion Mega Millions lottery drawing, lottery officials said.
According to Mega Millions, the winning ticket was sold in Maine. This is the fourth largest lottery prize in US history.
The winning numbers for Friday night’s Mega Millions lottery draw were 30-43-45-46-61 with the Mega Ball of 14.
The winning ticket was sold at Hometown Gas & Grill in Lebanon, Maine, according to the Maine Lottery. Lebanon borders New Hampshire.
“Second biggest in history. This is big for Lebanon. It’s great,” said Fred Cotreau, owner of Hometown Gas and Grill.
When Coutreau got the call, he didn’t believe the news.
“When I got the call this morning from Augusta, I thought it was a scam,” Coutreau said.
Many people have won small prizes in the lottery game, but no one has matched all six numbers and won the grand prize since October 14. Those 25 straight drawings without a winner have allowed the top prize to go up and grow to three. months
The $1.35 billion prize goes to a winner who chooses an annuity with annual payouts over 29 years. Winners almost always take the cash option, with an estimated $707.9 million for Friday night’s drawing.
The $2.04 billion Powerball prize, the largest jackpot in US history, was won in California last November.
Mega Millions is played in 45 states as well as Washington, DC and the US Virgin Islands.
