The Mega Millions jackpot was not won, but several ticket-holders received significant payouts.
Three $1 million Mega Millions prize tickets sold in different states
According to the West Virginia Lottery and Mega Millions lottery, one ticket for $1 million was purchased in West Virginia. This ticket, which was bought at a Sheetz on Shepherdstown’s Martinsburg Pike, has all five of the correct digits except for the number of the Mega Ball.
As Mega Millions lottery announced, two tickets bought in Florida and Missouri that matched all 5 numbers without the Mega Ball, were with Megaplier, which increased their winnings to 2 million USD apiece.
The winning Missouri lottery ticket, was bought at a Circle K in St. Charles. The Florida’s Lottery verified that Brandon’s 7-Eleven sold the lucky Florida lottery ticket.
The status of the tickets’ redemption is unknown. The West Virginia Lottery and the Missouri Lottery reported on Monday that no one had yet claimed their prizes, advising the victors to sign the backside of their tickets, store them safely, and get in touch with their state’s lottery offices when they were prepared to do so.
Mega Millions Jackpot remains rising
On November 4th, the Mega Millions numbers were 2, 20, 47, 55, 59, and the Mega Ball was 19.
It was stated in the Mega Millions digital platform that the lottery reward was projected at 119,000,000 USD with a cash variant of 57,700,000 USD.
It was the eleventh highest Mega Millions jackpot ever since a 494 million US dollars prize was shared by lottery winners in Florida and California on October 14.
Each Tuesday and Friday at roughly 11 p.m. ET, Mega Millions draws are held twice a week. The next one will be drawn on Tuesday.
One in 303 million people have a chance of selecting all six numbers right to win the Mega Millions jackpot, which will obviously change the life of the claimant as we can see the previous winners.
The prize for Powerball is increasing as well. On Monday night, the Powerball jackpot reached a staggering 1.2 billion US dollars since no one took home the grand prize.