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    Mega Millions player wins $800M jackpot

    By Nicholas McEntyre,

    2024-09-11

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    Everything is bigger in Texas — even the jackpots!

    A Mega Millions ticketholder won Tuesday’s $800 million jackpot at a gas station outside Houston, breaking a streak of over 20 drawings without a jackpot winner.

    The winning numbers were 1, 2, 16, 24, 66, and the gold Mega ball 6.

    The ticket was purchased at Murphy USA 8848 gas station on Highway 90A in Sugar Land, Texas, according to the state lottery.

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    The business, which will receive $1 million for selling the jackpot-winning ticket, sits across the street from Constellation Field, the home ballpark for the Sugar Land Space Cowboys — the Triple-A affiliate of the Houston Astros and 21 miles southwest of downtown Houston.

    It is the 15th time a jackpot-winning Mega Millions ticket was sold in Texas, and the first since Oct. 6, 2023, when Blue Yucca Trust won the $361 million prize.

    The odds of winning the Mega Millions are an astronomical 1 in 302,575,350.

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    The lucky winner can claim the $800 million in annual payouts or choose the one-time cash payout of $404.2 million.

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    The winning ticket was purchased at Murphy USA 8848 gas station on Highway 90A in Sugar Land, Texas, according to the state lottery. Google St View

    Prize winners who win more than $1 million in Texas can choose to remain anonymous, according to state law.

    Four other lucky players — from New York, California, Florida and Washington state — matched the five white balls to secure a $1 million prize.

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    The ticketholder in New York purchased the lucky slip from a Gulf Express gas station in New Windsor, 15 miles north of West Point.

    Tuesday’s winner marks the third time the Mega Millions grand prize was won in 2024, behind the $1.13 billion prize sold on March 26 and the $552 million on June 4.

    The next drawing — on Friday the 13th — reverts to $20 million.

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    The ticketholder in New York purchased the lucky slip from a Gulf Express gas station in New Windsor, 15 miles north of West Point. Google St View

    The largest Mega Millions jackpot ever won, worth $1.62 billion , was sold at a Publix supermarket in Neptune Beach, Florida, in August 2023.

    The historic ticket was claimed by Saltines Holdings LLC. , which chose to claim the one-time, lump-sum payment of $794,248,882.00.

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    Jerri
    09-11
    They picked 666, I guess they knew that was the winner by how the numbers add up.
    Last Dayz
    09-11
    Congrats to the winner...Don't spend it all in one place.🤣😅
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