$1M Mega Millions Tickets Bought In Dale City, Aylett

DALE CITY, VA—It may not have been the $1.6 billion winner, but a ticket bought from Giant Food at 4309 Dale Boulevard nonetheless was worth a cool $1 million in Tuesday's Mega Millions drawing. It was one of two $1M winning tickets in Virginia, with the other bought from the Chill Stop at 5033 Richmond Tappahannock Highway in Aylett. The big one was sold in South Carolina.

Virginia also had a $30,000 winner, in Reston, when someone used to Megaplier to parlay a $10,000 ticket into triple value in a 7-Eleven at 11854 Sunrise Valley Drive.

More than 451,000 Mega Millions tickets bought in Virginia won prizes, including 13 that each won $10,000. Here's where they were bought:

* 7-Eleven, 42040 Village Center Plaza, Aldie
* Super Giant, 5581 Merchants View Square, Haymarket
* Food City Express, 11604 Norton Coeburn Road, Coeburn
* Euro Market Mobil, 6318 Leesburg Pike, Falls Church
* Fas Mart, 7559 Cold Harbor Road, Mechanicsville
* Styles Bi-Rite, 11300 Hull Street Road, Midlothian
* Rite Aid, 1808 Salem Road, Virginia Beach
* Speedway, 11702 Jefferson Avenue, Newport News
* 7-Eleven, 13050 Nokesville Road, Nokesville
* 7-Eleven, 426 South 2nd Street, Arlington
* 7-Eleven, 1350 North Main Street, Blacksburg
* La Palmita Deli & Market, 8406 West Main Street, Marshall
* Virginia Lottery online subscription

The winning numbers for October 23 were the white balls 5, 28, 62, 65 and 70, plus the gold Mega Ball 5.

The history-making Mega Millions jackpot smashed the former Mega Millions record of $656 million set in March 2012, and is close to the $1.586 Powerball prize in January 2016 (final sales are still being compiled).

"The moment we've been waiting for finally arrived, and we couldn't be more excited," said Gordon Medenica, lead director of the Mega Millions Group and director of Maryland Lottery and Gaming. "This is truly a historic occasion. We're so happy for the winner, and we know the South Carolina Education Lottery can't wait to meet the lucky ticket holder."

The jackpot had been rolling since July 24, when a California office pool of 11 co-workers shared a $543 million prize. Three other jackpots have been won this year – $451 million on January 5 (Florida), $533 million on March 30 (New Jersey), and $142 million on May 4 (Ohio).

In addition to the jackpot winner, the sales frenzy produced a whopping 36 second prize $1 million tickets – each matching the five white balls drawn Tuesday night.

Eight were in California, four each in Florida and New York, two each in Massachusetts, Michigan, North Carolina, New Jersey and Virginia, and one each in Arizona, the District of Columbia, Iowa, Kentucky, Missouri, New Mexico, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas and Wisconsin.

The Texas winner and one of the Florida Match 5 winners included the optional Megaplier, so those two tickets are worth $3 million each.

In total, there were 15,750,013 winning tickets Tuesday night in addition to the jackpot winner. In this 26-draw jackpot run, beginning with the July 27 drawing there were more than 50.2 million winning tickets at all prize levels, including 85 worth $1 million or more and the jackpot winner.

For the next drawing on Friday, October 26, the jackpot resets to its starting value of $40 million ($22.8 million cash).

Tom Davis contributed to this story.

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