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$188 Million: California Mega Millions Lotto Ticket
Just one winning ticket was sold in the entire country. Cash value: $113.6 million.
A ticket with all six numbers in the latest multi-state Mega Millions draw was sold just inside the California border, and its owner must decide whether to receive the $188 million jackpot in 30 installments or its $113.6 million cash value, the California Lottery announced Saturday.
The numbers drawn Friday night were 17, 37, 53, 54, 61 and the Mega number was 8.
The drawing was the 20th since the last time a ticket with all six numbers was sold.
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There were no tickets sold with five numbers but missing the Mega number.
The ticket was sold at the Primm Valley Lotto Store in the unincorporated San Bernardino County community of Nipton.
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The odds of matching all five numbers and the Mega number is 1 in 258,890,850, according to the Mega Millions website. The overall chance of winning a prize is 1 in 14.71.
The Mega Millions game is played in 44 states, the District of Columbia and U.S. Virgin Islands.
The jackpot for Tuesday's draw will be $15 million.
— City News Service; Image by Alex Nguyen, Patch