Million-Dollar Lottery Ticket Sold At This Long Island Store

If you purchased a lottery ticket at this Long Island location, you may be a newly minted millionaire, according to lottery officials.

A second-place winning Mega Millions ticket was sold at a New Hyde Park convenience store, lottery officials announced.
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Sophie Grieser

08/23/2023 4:15 p.m.

On Wednesday, Aug. 23, the New York Lottery announced that a second-prize winning Mega Millions ticket, worth $1 million, was sold at a New Hyde Park convenience store.

The ticket was purchased at Cumberland Farms, located at 2201 New Hyde Park Road, and was a part of the Tuesday, Aug. 22 drawing.

Winning numbers for the Mega Millions game are drawn from a field of one to 70, with the Mega Ball being drawn from a separate field of one to 25.

Mega Millions drawings are televised every Tuesday and Friday at 11 p.m.

The New York Lottery has contributed $3.7 billion to help support education in New York state during the fiscal year 2022-2023. It is North America’s largest and most profitable lottery.

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