A ticket was bought in Maine that gained the $1.35 billion jackpot
(CNN) – The ticket bought in Maine beat odd odds on Friday the thirteenth and can take residence a jackpot of roughly $1.35 billion, Lottery stated.
Friday night time’s profitable numbers had been 30-43-45-46-61 with a Mega Ball of 14.
Officers stated the estimated annual jackpot might be value as much as $1.35 billion, whereas the entire potential money payout is $724.6 million.
“Congratulations to the Maine Lottery, which simply gained its first jackpot,” stated Pat McDonald, who runs the Ohio Lottery and serves because the principal director of the Mega Thousands and thousands Federation. “That is the fourth billion greenback prize in Mega Thousands and thousands historical past.”
Friday’s jackpot was the second-biggest Mega Thousands and thousands jackpot, surpassed solely by the South Carolina lottery’s report $1.537 million in 2018, the lottery stated. The jackpot has solely elevated in dimension over the previous three months or so, surpassing Lastly a billion {dollars}.
Previous to this month’s win, there have been six jackpots gained on Friday the thirteenth within the US, in accordance with Mega Thousands and thousands.
Different massive winners of Friday’s raffle included 14 tickets that gained $1 million in prizes, in accordance with Mega Thousands and thousands. 4 matching tickets had been bought for all 5 white balls in New York, two every in California, and one every in Florida, Illinois, Kansas, Kentucky, Missouri, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Texas.
Friday’s jackpot comes simply three months after the $502 million jackpot was hit on Oct. 14, when there have been two profitable tickets from California and Florida.
The lottery stated the following drawing for a grand prize of about $20 million is scheduled for Tuesday night time. Mega Thousands and thousands is performed in 45 states, together with the District of Columbia and the US Virgin Islands.
