Mega Millions player wins $1 million. Where in the US was the lucky ticket sold?
A Mega Millions ticket sold in Maryland won $1 million and narrowly missed the $619 million jackpot, lottery officials say.
The ticket matched five winning numbers, but not the Mega Ball, in the drawing Tuesday, Dec. 10, the national Mega Millions site said.
Nobody won the grand prize, which now rises to an estimated $670 million, with a cash option of approximately $317.8 million, for the next drawing Friday, Dec. 13, the site said.
The winning numbers were 12, 14, 26, 48 and 52, with a Mega Ball of 21, the lottery said. The Megaplier was 5x.
The winning Maryland ticket was sold at a Wawa supermarket in Bel Air, which is about a 30-mile drive northeast from Baltimore, the Maryland Lottery said.
Two tickets sold in California also matched five numbers to win $560,000 each and one sold in Florida matched five numbers and won $5 million after spending a dollar on the Megaplier option.
More than 1.1 million other tickets sold in the United States won prizes ranging from $2 to $50,000 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 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. Officials have announced they will cost $5 starting in April.
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.