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$1 Million Winning Mega Millions Ticket Sold In Jonestown

There's a newly minted millionaire after buying a lottery ticket in Pennsylvania. 

BG’s Value Market located at 19 Old Route 22 in Jonestown, where the winning ticket was sold.

BG’s Value Market located at 19 Old Route 22 in Jonestown, where the winning ticket was sold.

Photo Credit: Twitter/Pennsylvania Lottery @PALottery (overlay); Google Maps (Street View)

The winning $1,000,000 lottery ticket for the Mega Millions drawing on Friday, April 12, 2024, sold in Central Pennsylvania lottery officials announced the following Monday. 

The ticket matched five of the balls: 1-12-14-18-66, but not the yellow Mega Ball 16, to win $1 million, less applicable withholding.

It sold at BG’s Value Market, 19 Old Route 22, Jonestown, which will receive a $5,000 bonus for selling the winning ticket.

More than 28,200 other PA Lottery Mega Millions tickets won prizes of various amounts in the drawing, including 6,200 with a Megapiler multiplier. Players can find out if they've won any prizes by scanning the tickets at a lottery retailer or with the ticket checker feature on the Lottery’s Official App.

Prizes expire one year from the sale date.

Players are reminded to check every ticket, every time.

The Mega Millions jackpot rolled to an estimated annuity value of $148 million, or $67.8 million cash, for the next drawing on Tuesday, April 16.

Anyone holding a winning ticket should sign the ticket, call the Lottery at 1-800-692-7481, or visit palottery.com to find out how to claim the prize.

Players can find lottery-selling locations closest to them by visiting the "Find a Retailer" section of the Lottery’s website here.

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