Mega Millions player wins $1 million. Where in US was the lucky ticket sold?
A Mega Millions ticket sold in New York won $1 million and narrowly missed the $93 million jackpot, lottery officials say.
The ticket matched five winning numbers, but not the Mega Ball, in the drawing Tuesday, Oct. 1, the national Mega Millions site said.
Nobody won the grand prize, which now rises to an estimated $108 million, with a cash option of approximately $53.8 million, for the next drawing Friday, Oct. 4
The winning numbers were 27, 35, 47, 50 and 66, with a Mega Ball of 25, the lottery said. The Megaplier was 2.
The winning ticket was sold at a Smokes 4 Less store in Newburgh, which is about a 70-mile drive north from New York City, according to the New York Lottery.
Nearly 420,000 other tickets sold in the United States won prizes ranging from $2 to $20,000 in the drawing, the lottery said.
The Mega Millions jackpot has gone unclaimed since Sept. 10, when a Texas player hit the $810 million grand prize, lottery officials said.
What to know about Mega Millions
To score a 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.