On a dull and autumnal Wednesday morning in Wiltshire news reaches Lotto Central HQ that the Megamillions jackpot from across the pond has finally been won !
The Megamillions Lottery jackpot had not been won since 22nd August 2014 and was steadily rolling over each week until it reached an estimated $321 million in last night’s Megamillions Draw .
So in the Megamillions Draw for Tuesday 4th November 2014 the numbers drawn were 09-15-24-39-41 with the Megaball of 01 . The Megamillions organisers confirm that one lucky ticket holder from New York matched the five main numbers and the Megaball and scooped the jackpot of $321 million !
The lucky winner will have a choice of taking the $321 million as an annuity or a $194.1 million cash sum – either way they are probably checking and double checking that winning ticket this morning !
There were also five second prize ticket holders in last night’s draw who matched the five main numbers but not the Megaball – one winning ticket holder came from California , one from New Jersey , one from New York and two from Texas . The ticket holder from California won $597,933 , the ticket holder from New Jersey won $1 million , the ticket holders from Texas won $1 million each and finally the ticket holder from New York scooped $4 million as they had selected the Megaplier option when buying their ticket – with last night’s Megaplier being 4 they won 4 x £1 million = $ 4 million !
The Lotto Central team wish the lucky New Yorker all the best with their new found multi million fortune – it’s now back to a “small” (!) $15 million jackpot in the next Megamillions Draw but this Lottery game certainly warrants close attention as the jackpot builds to large sums very quickly .
Keep posted on the latest Megamillions news on the Lotto Central blog – good luck to all Lotto players in this weekend’s endeavours !
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