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Just one ticket marketed in Maine conquer the eerie odds of Friday the 13th and is established to claim the Mega Hundreds of thousands jackpot of about $1.35 billion, the lottery claimed.
Friday night’s winning quantities had been 30-43-45-46-61 with a Mega Ball of 14.
Officers stated the believed annuitized jackpot could be worthy of $1.35 billion whilst the probable lump sum hard cash payout is $724.6 million.
“Congratulations to the Maine Condition Lottery, which has just received its to start with-at any time Mega Tens of millions jackpot,” said Pat McDonald, who heads the Ohio lottery and serves as guide director for the Mega Tens of millions Consortium. “It’s the fourth billion-dollar jackpot in Mega Tens of millions heritage.”
Friday’s jackpot was Mega Millions’ next-greatest at any time, surpassed only by the lottery’s record of $1,537 billion won in South Carolina in 2018, the lottery mentioned. The jackpot sum rose above around the past a few months, inevitably exceeding the extraordinary billion-greenback figure.
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Ahead of this month’s earn, there have been 6 prior jackpots gained on Friday the 13th in the US, in accordance to Mega Tens of millions.
Other big winners from Friday’s drawing incorporate 14 tickets that snagged $1 million prizes, according to Mega Tens of millions. Four tickets that matched all 5 white balls had been marketed in New York, two in California and just one each individual in Florida, Illinois, Kansas, Kentucky, Missouri, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Texas.
Friday’s jackpot get comes just 3 months following a $502 million jackpot on October 14, when there were two successful tickets from California and Florida.
The subsequent drawing for an estimated jackpot of $20 million is slated for Tuesday evening, the lottery said. Mega Hundreds of thousands has been played in 45 states, together with the District of Columbia and the US Virgin Islands.