{"id":3112,"date":"2023-01-14T15:09:14","date_gmt":"2023-01-14T15:09:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/londonpost.news\/?p=3112"},"modified":"2023-03-23T18:39:47","modified_gmt":"2023-03-23T18:39:47","slug":"1-35-billion-mega-millions-jackpot-lottery-sold-in-maine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/economy\/business\/1-35-billion-mega-millions-jackpot-lottery-sold-in-maine\/2023\/01\/14\/admin1\/","title":{"rendered":"$1.35 billion Mega Millions jackpot lottery sold in Maine"},"content":{"rendered":"

WASHINGTON,<\/span> Jan.<\/span> 14<\/span> (Reuters)<\/span> –<\/span> One<\/span> winning<\/span> ticket<\/span> to<\/span> the<\/span> Mega<\/span> Millions<\/span> lottery<\/span> jackpot<\/span>
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\n<\/span>At<\/span> least<\/span> $1.35<\/span> billion<\/span> was<\/span> sold<\/span> in<\/span> Maine,<\/span> the<\/span> second-largest<\/span> jackpot<\/span> in<\/span> U.S.<\/span> history,<\/span> the<\/span> lottery<\/span> organizer<\/span> said<\/span> Saturday.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Ohio<\/span> Lottery<\/span> Director<\/span> Pat<\/span> McDonald,<\/span> Executive<\/span> Director<\/span> of<\/span> the<\/span> Mega<\/span> Millions<\/span> Consortium,<\/span> said<\/span> in<\/span> a<\/span> statement:<\/span> “This<\/span> is<\/span> his<\/span> fourth<\/span> $1<\/span> billion<\/span> jackpot<\/span> in<\/span> Mega<\/span> Millions<\/span> history.”<\/span>
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\n<\/span>The<\/span> statement<\/span> did<\/span> not<\/span> identify<\/span> the<\/span> city<\/span> or<\/span> owner<\/span> of<\/span> the<\/span> winning<\/span> ticket.<\/span> Buying<\/span> the<\/span> winning<\/span> ticket<\/span> cost<\/span> him<\/span> $2<\/span> and<\/span> all<\/span> six<\/span> numbers<\/span> would<\/span> have<\/span> matched.<\/span> You<\/span> can<\/span> choose<\/span> either<\/span> a<\/span> lump<\/span> sum<\/span> payment<\/span> of<\/span> $724.6<\/span> million<\/span> or<\/span> an<\/span> annual<\/span> payment<\/span> over<\/span> his<\/span> 30<\/span> years.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>According<\/span> to<\/span> his<\/span> Mega<\/span> Millions<\/span> website,<\/span> most<\/span> winners<\/span> choose<\/span> a<\/span> lump<\/span> sum<\/span> payment<\/span> that<\/span> comes<\/span> with<\/span> hefty<\/span> taxes.<\/span> The<\/span> winning<\/span> jackpot<\/span> numbers<\/span> were<\/span> 30,<\/span> 43,<\/span> 45,<\/span> 46,<\/span> and<\/span> 61,<\/span> plus<\/span> Powerball<\/span> 14.<\/span> The<\/span> jackpot<\/span> has<\/span> been<\/span> rolling<\/span> since<\/span> it<\/span> was<\/span> last<\/span> won<\/span> on<\/span> October<\/span> 14th.<\/span> He<\/span> was<\/span> split<\/span> up<\/span> in<\/span> Florida.<\/span> This<\/span> is<\/span> his<\/span> second-largest<\/span> in<\/span> his<\/span> 20-year<\/span> history<\/span> in<\/span> the<\/span> game,<\/span> only<\/span> surpassing<\/span> his<\/span> $1.537<\/span> billion<\/span> earned<\/span> in<\/span> South<\/span> Carolina<\/span> in<\/span> October<\/span> 2018.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>In<\/span> addition<\/span> to<\/span> the<\/span> jackpot<\/span> winning<\/span> ticket,<\/span> his<\/span> 14<\/span> tickets<\/span> matching<\/span> all<\/span> five<\/span> numbers<\/span> will<\/span> win<\/span> the<\/span> game’s<\/span> secondary<\/span> prize<\/span> of<\/span> $1<\/span> million.<\/span> Four<\/span> were<\/span> sold<\/span> in<\/span> New<\/span> York,<\/span> two<\/span> in<\/span> California,<\/span> and<\/span> one<\/span> each<\/span> in<\/span> Florida,<\/span> Illinois,<\/span> Kansas,<\/span> Kentucky,<\/span> Missouri,<\/span> North<\/span> Carolina,<\/span> Pennsylvania,<\/span> and<\/span> Texas.<\/span> Half<\/span> of<\/span> the<\/span> proceeds<\/span> from<\/span> each<\/span> Mega<\/span> Millions<\/span> ticket<\/span> sale<\/span> stays<\/span> in<\/span> the<\/span> state<\/span> where<\/span> the<\/span> ticket<\/span> was<\/span> sold,<\/span> and<\/span> the<\/span> money<\/span> supports<\/span> lottery<\/span> recipients<\/span> such<\/span> as:<\/span> B.<\/span> Civil<\/span> Service<\/span> Education<\/span> or<\/span> Pensions<\/span> and<\/span> Dealer<\/span> Fees.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

WASHINGTON, Jan. 14 (Reuters) – One winning ticket to the Mega Millions lottery jackpot At least $1.35 billion was sold in Maine, the second-largest jackpot in U.S. history, the lottery organizer said Saturday. Ohio Lottery Director Pat McDonald, Executive Director of the Mega Millions Consortium, said in a statement: “This is his fourth $1 billion […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3119,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":""},"categories":[23,2425],"tags":[77,751,752,753,754],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/LOTRE.webp","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3112"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3112"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3112\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3116,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3112\/revisions\/3116"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3119"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3112"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3112"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3112"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}