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$82M Mega Millions Winning Ticket Sold in Georgia

BREAKING: Check your tickets, again! One Georgia lottery player woke up a millionaire Saturday morning.

By Capital News Service

A ticket with all six numbers in tonight's multi- state Mega Millions draw was sold in Georgia and its owner must decide whether to receive the $82 million jackpot in annual payments over 20 years or a lesser lump sum.

One ticket each with five numbers, but missing the Mega number, was sold in Illinois and New York and are each worth $1 million, the Multi-State Lottery Association, which conducts the game, announced

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The numbers drawn tonight were 31, 32, 49, 55, 58 and the Mega number was 15.

The drawing was the 11th since the last time a ticket with all six numbers was sold.

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The odds of matching all five numbers and the Mega number is 1 in 258,890,850, according to the Mega Millions website. The overall chance of winning a prize is 1 in 14.71.

The Mega Millions game is played in 44 states, the District of Columbia and U.S. Virgin Islands.

The jackpot for Tuesday's draw will be $15 million.

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