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Mega Millions Ticket In Alexandria, Falls Church Win $10K Prize
As the Mega Millions jackpot grows to $1.1 billion, several Virginia tickets won runner-up prizes in the last drawing.
ALEXANDRIA, VA ā No Virginia ticket won the Mega Millions jackpot, but several tickets won runner-up prizes. One of these was a $10,000 ticket bought in Alexandria.
The $10,000 ticket in Friday's drawing came from the Meridian Deli, 1201 Braddock Place, Alexandria. Other $10,000 tickets came from Loehmann Plaza Exxon, 7269 Arlington Blvd. in Falls Church and Route 1 BP, 2307 Emancipation Highway in Fredericksburg.
Another ticket bought online in Vinton, Virginia won $3 million. That ticket matched the first five numbers but not the Mega Ball number. The prize normally wins $1 million, but the player spent an extra dollar for Megaplier, which tripled the prize.
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No ticket won the Mega Millions jackpot, which is now estimated at $1.1 billion with a cash option of $525.8 million. In all, 72,413 tickets bought in Virginia won any prize in Friday's drawing. The next drawing is 11 p.m. on Tuesday.
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