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$605K Mega Millions Ticket Sold In NorCal
The holder of the ticket can cash it in for $605,656.
CALIFORNIA — Someone in Sugar Land, Texas is likely contemplating how sweet life is right now — that's where an $800 million jackpot winning ticket was sold for Tuesday's Mega Millions drawing.
In California, the top prize matched the first five regular balls drawn but missed the mega ball. The single ticket that matched 5/5 is worth $605,656. It was sold at Gold Ranch Lottery in Floriston, right off Interstate Highway 80 just before the Nevada border.
Another 322,742 California tickets are worth between $2 and $20,977. If you need to check a ticket, the winning numbers are:
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- 1
- 2
- 16
- 24
- 66
- 6 (mega ball)
But wait, there's more! Wednesday night's SuperLotto Plus drawing has a ticket worth $35,308. It was sold at the 7-11 store in Truckee. The winning numbers are: 1, 7, 9, 25, 37 and the mega ball is 6.
Friday's Mega Millions jackpot resets to the minimum $20 million. Saturday's SuperLotto Plus jackpot is $22 million, while Saturday's Powerball jackpot is $152 million.
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If you are a winner, the federal government takes a 24 percent cut of any prize worth $5,000 or more before your loot is distributed.
California is one of just eight states that do not tax lottery winnings. The others are Florida, New Hampshire, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Washington and Wyoming.
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