$1.35B Mega Millions grand prize won by ticket-holder in Maine

PORTLAND, Maine (WGME) — One ticket sold in Maine has matched all of the numbers to win the $1.35 billion Mega Millions jackpot.

A single ticket-holder in the pine tree state will be celebrating after their ticket was the only one to match all six numbers drawn Friday night, according to Mega Millions.

The winning numbers are 30, 43, 45, 46, 61 and the Mega Ball is 14.

According to the Maine Lottery, the winning ticket was sold at Hometown Gas & Grill in Lebanon.

The prize is an estimated $1.35 billion ($724.6 million cash), which is the second largest jackpot in the history of the game.

Congratulations to the Maine State Lottery, which has just won its first-ever Mega Millions jackpot,” said Ohio Lottery Director Pat McDonald, Lead Director for the Mega Millions Consortium. “It’s the fourth billion-dollar jackpot in Mega Millions history. We thank all our retailers for their hard work during this spectacular run, and our customers for their enthusiasm and support. I hope the fun and excitement Mega Millions has generated inspires a winning attitude in our daily lives and towards everyone we meet. Here’s to a good year!

There had been 25 straight drawings without a jackpot winner, but that string of lottery losing ended with someone beat the odds of 1 in 302.6 million to win the top prize.

The record Mega Millions jackpot remains $1.537 billion, won by a single ticket in South Carolina on October 23, 2018.

Fourteen tickets also matched all five white balls to win the game’s second-tier prize of $1 million. Four were sold in New York, two in California, and one each in Florida, Illinois, Kansas, Kentucky, Missouri, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Texas, according to Mega Millions.

The jackpot for the next drawing on Tuesday, which resets to its current starting value of $20 million.

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The Associated Press contributed to this report.