According to the Mega Millions website, there were no tickets that matched all six numbers.
DES MOINES, Iowa — Lottery players whose numbers didn’t hit or who forgot to even buy a ticket had another shot at a nearly $1 billion Mega Millions prize when a drawing was held Friday night.According to Mega Millions, there are no tickets that matched all six numbers.
The jackpot, which has been growing for more than two months, now increases to $1.1 billion and would be theremain the same at one in 302.6 million. Elijah Kouza, assistant manager of Buscemis convenience store in the Detroit suburb of Livonia, Michigan, said the Mega Millions jackpot is drawing lots of customers.
“When the big games get this high, that’s when people that never play the lottery got to come in,” he said. “The Mega and Power is more of a fantasy than anything. But all it takes is one.” At Buscemis, which sells liquor, pizza and, of course, lottery tickets, the $940 million jackpot was prominently displayed both outside and inside the store.“It’s kind of hilarious to me, because if it’s like $100 million, people are like, ‘Nah.’ They’ll pass,” he said.Mega Millions is played in 45 states as well as in Washington, D.C., and the U.S. Virgin Islands.Copyright 2023 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.
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