Winning ticket in $1.35B Mega Millions jackpot sold in Maine - WCVB Boston

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Lottery officials said 1 winning summons was sold successful New England successful the $1.35 cardinal Mega Millions lottery drafting held connected Friday night. The winning ticket, according to Mega Millions, was sold successful Maine. It's the fourth-largest lottery prize successful U.S. history.The winning numbers successful the Mega Millions lottery drafting connected Friday nighttime were 30-43-45-46-61 with a Mega Ball of 14.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.Plenty of radical person won smaller prizes successful the lottery game, but nary 1 has matched each six numbers and won the expansive prize since Oct. 14. Those 25 consecutive drawings without a victor person allowed the apical prize to rotation implicit and turn larger for 3 months.The $1.35 cardinal prize is for a victor who chooses an annuity with yearly payments implicit 29 years. Winners astir ever instrumentality the currency option, which for Friday night’s drafting is an estimated $707.9 million.The highest jackpot successful U.S. past was the $2.04 cardinal Powerball prize won past November successful California.Mega Millions is played successful 45 states arsenic good arsenic successful Washington, D.C., and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

PORTLAND, Maine —

Lottery officials said 1 winning summons was sold successful New England successful the $1.35 cardinal Mega Millions lottery drafting held connected Friday night.

The winning ticket, according to Mega Millions, was sold successful Maine. It's the fourth-largest lottery prize successful U.S. history.

The winning numbers successful the Mega Millions lottery drafting connected Friday nighttime were 30-43-45-46-61 with a Mega Ball of 14.

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.

Plenty of radical person won smaller prizes successful the lottery game, but nary 1 has matched each six numbers and won the expansive prize since Oct. 14. Those 25 consecutive drawings without a victor person allowed the apical prize to rotation implicit and turn larger for 3 months.

The $1.35 cardinal prize is for a victor who chooses an annuity with yearly payments implicit 29 years. Winners astir ever instrumentality the currency option, which for Friday night’s drafting is an estimated $707.9 million.

The highest jackpot successful U.S. past was the $2.04 cardinal Powerball prize won past November successful California.

Mega Millions is played successful 45 states arsenic good arsenic successful Washington, D.C., and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

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