Mega Millions player scores life-changing win in Georgia. Where was lucky ticket sold?
A Georgia Mega Millions player just missed the $30 million jackpot, but they’ll still take home a life-changing prize.
Someone in Dacula won $1 million after matching every number except the gold Mega Ball in the drawing Tuesday, June 11, according to the Georgia Lottery.
The lucky ticket was purchased at an Exxon station on Dacula Road, lottery officials said. It was one of four winning tickets worth $1 million sold in the U.S.
The winning numbers were 1, 5, 7, 22, 24 and gold Mega Ball 8, according to the Mega Millions website. The Megaplier option was 4X.
Another lucky player matched four numbers and the Mega Ball to win $40,000, according to the Georgia Lottery. They normally would’ve won $10,000 but spent an extra $1 on the Megaplier option, quadrupling their prize.
That ticket was purchased at a Chevron Food Mart on Powers Ferry Road in Marietta, officials said.
No one snagged the estimated $30 million grand prize, although two players in Florida and one in New York came pretty close. Each missed the jackpot by one number and won a hefty $4 million prize with the Megaplier.
The next Mega Millions drawing is June 14 with an estimated $47 million jackpot.
Dacula is about a 40-mile drive northeast from downtown Atlanta.
What to know about Mega Millions
To score the jackpot in the Mega Millions, a player must match all five white balls and the gold Mega Ball.
The odds of scoring a jackpot prize are 1 in 302,575,350.
Tickets cost $2 and can be bought on the day of the drawing, but sales times vary by state.
Drawings are held Tuesdays and Fridays at 11 p.m. ET and can be streamed online.
Mega Millions is played in 45 states, Washington, D.C., and the U.S. Virgin Islands.