The winning numbers were 17-19-27-40-68, Mega Ball 2. Only one ticket matched the five numbers and Mega Ball required to win…
The winning numbers were 17-19-27-40-68, Mega Ball 2.
Only one ticket matched the five numbers and Mega Ball required to win the Mega Millions jackpot, meaning that one lucky California player will pocket around half a billion dollars before taxes, Yahoo News reports.
The advertised jackpot for Friday’s Mega Millions drawing was $530 million, after several draws where no one matched the winning combination and the jackpot rolled over. Though it’s not quite at the level of the biggest lottery jackpots ever in the U. S. (the billion-dollar mark has been exceeded before), half a billion is still a considerable amount of money.
And at the at Sorrento Deli Mart in San Diego, the winning ticket with the numbers 17-19-27-40-68, Mega Ball 2, was sold. And since that ticket was the only ticket to correctly pick the combination required to win the jackpot, one lucky winner will take home all of that money.
