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$1,000,000 Prize-Winning Ticket Sold in New London County for May 17

Did you buy a Mega Millions® ticket in New London County for the Tuesday, May 17, drawing? If so, you could be $1 million richer!

Did you buy a Mega Millions ticket in New London County for Tuesday night’s drawing? If so, you better check it—you could be Connecticut’s newest $1,000,000 prize winner!

The winning Mega Millions numbers drawn on May 17 were 17-24-27-48-75 and Mega Ball 6. The Megaplier was 3. Of the 18,163 winning tickets sold in Connecticut for that date, one contained a five number match for the game’s $1,000,000 prize.

All draw game tickets expire 180 calendar days from the draw date. The CT Lottery encourages players to check all of their tickets carefully. Tickets can be checked online, by scanning in a lottery Ticket Checker, or at any lottery retailer location.

The overall odds of winning a Mega Millions prize are 1 in 14.7 based. Odds of winning the jackpot are 1 in 258,890,850 million.

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