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Maine scored its archetypal Mega Millions jackpot and idiosyncratic bushed the sick luck of Friday the 13th erstwhile a summons purchased successful the authorities matched the winning numbers for the lottery's estimated $1.35 cardinal expansive prize.The winning summons was sold astatine Hometown Gas & Grill successful Lebanon, Maine, according to the Maine Lottery. Lebanon is close implicit the New Hampshire border."Second largest successful history. This is large for Lebanon. It's great," said proprietor of Hometown Gas and Grill Fred Cotreau.When Cotreau got the call, helium didn't judge the news."When the telephone telephone came successful this greeting from Augusta I thought it was a scam," Cotreau said. The fortunate operation of numbers drawn precocious Friday nighttime were: 30, 43, 45, 46, 61 and golden Mega Ball 14. The winner, whose sanction is not yet known, overcame steep likelihood of 1 successful 302.6 million, which led to 3 months of drawings without a assertion connected the jackpot. "Congratulations to the Maine State Lottery, which has conscionable won its first-ever Mega Millions jackpot," Pat McDonald, Ohio lottery manager and pb manager of the Mega Millions Consortium, said successful a connection aboriginal Saturday. The jackpot was the 2nd largest successful Mega Millions past and the 4th clip the crippled has had a billion-dollar win. The largest Mega Millions jackpot successful October 2018 was $1.53 cardinal claimed by a azygous summons holder successful South Carolina. Friday's prosperous drafting besides marked the seventh clip determination was a expansive prize victor connected Friday the 13th, a day superstitiously considered unlucky. To assertion the afloat $1.35 billion, the victor would request to instrumentality the wealth successful an annuity with yearly payments implicit 29 years. Most jackpot recipients similar the reduced but quicker currency option, which for Friday night's drafting was an estimated $724.6 million. The adjacent expansive prize drafting connected Tuesday volition driblet to an estimated $20 cardinal and a currency enactment of $10.7 million. Until Friday night, determination had been 25 consecutive drawings without a jackpot winner. There were much than 7 cardinal winning tickets crossed 9 prize tiers Friday. Beyond Maine's jackpot, 14 tickets matched 5 achromatic balls to assertion the second-tier prize of $1 million. Four were sold successful New York, 2 successful California and 1 each successful Florida, Illinois, Kansas, Kentucky, Missouri, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Texas, Mega Millions said. Mega Millions is played successful 45 states arsenic good arsenic Washington, D.C., and the U.S. Virgin Islands.The Associated Press contributed to this story
LEBANON, Maine —
Maine scored its archetypal Mega Millions jackpot and idiosyncratic bushed the sick luck of Friday the 13th erstwhile a summons purchased successful the authorities matched the winning numbers for the lottery's estimated $1.35 cardinal expansive prize.
The winning summons was sold astatine Hometown Gas & Grill successful Lebanon, Maine, according to the Maine Lottery. Lebanon is close implicit the New Hampshire border.
"Second largest successful history. This is large for Lebanon. It's great," said proprietor of Hometown Gas and Grill Fred Cotreau.
When Cotreau got the call, helium didn't judge the news.
"When the telephone telephone came successful this greeting from Augusta I thought it was a scam," Cotreau said.
The fortunate operation of numbers drawn precocious Friday nighttime were: 30, 43, 45, 46, 61 and golden Mega Ball 14.
The winner, whose sanction is not yet known, overcame steep likelihood of 1 successful 302.6 million, which led to 3 months of drawings without a assertion connected the jackpot.
"Congratulations to the Maine State Lottery, which has conscionable won its first-ever Mega Millions jackpot," Pat McDonald, Ohio lottery manager and pb manager of the Mega Millions Consortium, said successful a connection aboriginal Saturday.
The jackpot was the 2nd largest successful Mega Millions past and the 4th clip the crippled has had a billion-dollar win. The largest Mega Millions jackpot successful October 2018 was $1.53 cardinal claimed by a azygous summons holder successful South Carolina.
Friday's prosperous drafting besides marked the seventh clip determination was a expansive prize victor connected Friday the 13th, a day superstitiously considered unlucky.
To assertion the afloat $1.35 billion, the victor would request to instrumentality the wealth successful an annuity with yearly payments implicit 29 years. Most jackpot recipients similar the reduced but quicker currency option, which for Friday night's drafting was an estimated $724.6 million.
The adjacent expansive prize drafting connected Tuesday volition driblet to an estimated $20 cardinal and a currency enactment of $10.7 million.
Until Friday night, determination had been 25 consecutive drawings without a jackpot winner.
There were much than 7 cardinal winning tickets crossed 9 prize tiers Friday. Beyond Maine's jackpot, 14 tickets matched 5 achromatic balls to assertion the second-tier prize of $1 million. Four were sold successful New York, 2 successful California and 1 each successful Florida, Illinois, Kansas, Kentucky, Missouri, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Texas, Mega Millions said.
Mega Millions is played successful 45 states arsenic good arsenic Washington, D.C., and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
The Associated Press contributed to this story
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