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Pennsylvania Lottery Mega Millions® Ticket Worth $1 Million Sold in Monroe County

10/10/2023
Contact: Lottery Media Relations, RA-palotterynews@pa.gov

Middletown, PA – A Pennsylvania Lottery retailer in Monroe County sold a winning Mega Millions® ticket worth $1 million for the Friday, October 6 drawing.
 
The ticket matched all five white balls drawn, 12-24-46-57-66, but not the yellow Mega Ball 22, to win $1 million, less applicable withholding.
 
Tobacco Stop 2, 2838 Route 611, Tannersville, receives a $5,000 selling bonus for selling the Mega Millions $1 million-winning ticket.
 
Winners are not known until prizes are claimed and tickets are validated. Pennsylvania Lottery Mega Millions® winners have one year from the drawing date to claim prizes. Winning tickets purchased at a Lottery retailer should immediately be signed on the back. Online winnings automatically appear in a player’s account after the claim has been processed. Players may visit palottery.com for more information.
 
More than 35,500 other PA Lottery Mega Millions® tickets won prizes of various amounts in the drawing, including more than 9,500 tickets purchased with Megaplier®. Players should check every ticket, every time.
 
A jackpot-winning Mega Millions® ticket for the October 6 drawing was sold in Texas. The jackpot-winning ticket is worth an estimated annuity value of $361 million or $157.3 million cash. The jackpot had been rolling since August 15, when the last jackpot worth $39 million was won in Florida.
 
In Pennsylvania, this most recent Mega Millions® jackpot run has generated more than $17.5 million in sales, creating a profit of more than $7 million to benefit older Pennsylvanians.
 
The Mega Millions® jackpot reset to an estimated annuity value of $20 million, or $8.7 million cash, for the next drawing tonight, October 10.
 
Mega Millions® is played in 45 states, Washington, D.C., and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Visit palottery.com for details on how to play.
 
Pennsylvania Lottery players have options to purchase their Mega Millions® tickets online or by visiting a retailer. Players can find lottery-selling locations closest to them by visiting the Find a Retailer section of the Lottery’s website.

See 10/6/23 Mega Millions Payouts >


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