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Mega Millions player wins 0 million jackpot with ticket bought at Texas gas station
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Mega Millions player wins $800 million jackpot with ticket bought at Texas gas station

A Texas Mega Millions player has a estimated price of $800 millionaccording to the lottery game.

The player, who has not been identified, was the first person to match all six drawn numbers since juneThe winning ticket was sold at a Murphy USA convenience store and gas station in Sugar Land, Texas. The player selected a Quick Pick ticket, where a computer selects the numbers.

The winning numbers the white balls were 1, 2, 16, 24 and 66, and the golden Mega Ball was 6.

It’s only the third Mega Millions jackpot win of 2024. Player from New Jersey won $1.128 billion in March and a Illinois player took home $552 million in June.

The Texas player can either take home a lump sum of about $404.2 million or collect a larger sum over several years. The Mega Millions game did not make clear how much the winner would earn with the latter option.

According to the lottery, this is the 15th Mega Millions jackpot won in Texas.

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Someone plays the Mega Millions lottery.

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The $800 million top prize wasn’t the only amount awarded. Four tickets matched the five white numbers drawn. Each of those players wins the game’s $1 million second prize. Each second-prize winner bought their ticket in a different state, with winning tickets sold in California, Florida, New York, and Washington.

Another 47 players took home the game’s third prize for matching four white balls and the Mega Ball. Ten of those players had paid an additional $1 to add a Megaplier to their ticket, so they won $40,000. The remaining 37 players each took home $10,000.

The next Mega Millions drawing is on Friday, Sept. 13, when the prize will reset to its current starting value of $20 million, the lottery said.

Friday the 13th may seem like an unlucky day, but seven Mega Millions jackpots have been won on that date, according to the lottery. That includes a huge $1.348 Billion Prize Won in Maine on January 13, 2023.