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131,880 'Winning' Mega Millions Tickets Sold in Connecticut, But Sadly Not the Grand Prize
One lucky person from Indiana took the entire $540 million Mega Millions jackpot. Check out how CT's 'winners' did.

The Mega Millions jackpot for Friday, July 8, was an astounding $540 million with a cash option of $380 million.
A very lucky person won the entire jackpot on Friday night. The winning ticket was reportedly sold in Indiana.
Here in Connecticut we weren't as fortunate. Sure, according to the Connecticut Lottery 131,880 "winning tickets" were sold in the state. But again don't get too excited, the top winner was two people from Connecticut winning $10,000 prizes.
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- The winning numbers for Friday night's Mega Million drawing were 8-19-20-55-73 with a mega ball of 5.
Here is a breakdown of the 131,880 winning tickets sold in Connecticut.
- Two people won $10,000.
- Two people won $5,000.
- Seven people won $1,000.
- 22 people won $500.
- 37 people won $100.
- 139 people won $50.
And the rest of us 'won' between $1 and $10.
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The Mega Millions upcoming drawing is now back to $15 million. But the Powerball is currently at $288 million. So there is that.
A Look at the Top Lottery Drawings
The record Mega Millions jackpot is $656 million, and three tickets shared that jackpot on March 30, 2012. Just behind that is the $648 million jackpot split by two winners on Dec. 17, 2013.
Just for grins, here's a list of the top — and staggeringly, rather shockingly huge — jackpots of the recent past:
- Game: Powerball
Amount: $1.586 billion
Date: 1/13/2016
Winning tickets: 3-CA, FL, TN
- Game: Mega Millions
Amount: $656.0 million
Date: 3/30/2012
Winning tickets: 3-IL, KS, MD
- Game: Mega Millions
Amount: $648 million
Date: 12/17/2013
Winning tickets: 2-CA, GA
- Game: Powerball
Amount: $590.5 million
Date: 5/18/2013
Winning tickets: 1-FL
- Game: Powerball
Amount: $587.5 million
Date: 11/28/2012
Winning tickets: 2-AZ, MO
- Game: Powerball
Amount: $564.1 million
Date: 2/11/2015
Winning tickets: 3-NC, PR, TX
- Game: Mega Millions
Amount: $540.0 million (est)
Date: 7/7/2016
Winning ticket: ?
- Game: Powerball
Amount: $448.4 million
Date: 8/7/2013
Winning ticket: 3-MN, NJ(2)
- Game: Powerball
Amount: $429.6 million
Date: 5/7/2016
Winning ticket: 1-NJ
- Game: Powerball
Amount: $425.3 million
Date: 2/19/2014
Winning ticket: 1-CA
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