$1M Mega Millions Lottery Ticket Sold In Newton

NEWTON, MA — A lottery ticket sold in Newton this week ended up winning a $1 million prize for its buyer through the Mega Millions game, according to the Massachusetts Lottery.

While short of the jackpot, the million-dollar ticket was one of two tickets in Massachusetts that secured the second-tier Mega Millions prize on Tuesday night. Players need to match five numbers and the Mega Ball number in a given drawing to win the Mega Millions jackpot. The second-tier prize is awarded to tickets that match five numbers but miss the Mega Ball.

Newton’s Chestnut Hill Wegmans location sold the local $1 million ticket.

Jacqueline Supermarket in Lawrence sold a second $1 million ticket.

Mega Millions said other $1 million tickets went to players in California, Florida, Kansas, Montana, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania and West Virginia this week.

No one won the Mega Millions jackpot with Tuesday’s drawing. The jackpot, as a result, has climbed to an estimated $1.35 billion.

The next drawing is scheduled for Friday at 11 p.m. If won, the $1.35 billion prize would be the second largest in Mega Millions history, according to a Mega Million announcement on Wednesday.

Outside Mega Millions, big lottery winners in Massachusetts this week include a $2.6 million prize on a ticket sold in the EMERALDS 50X game in Everett on Wednesday and a trio of $650,000 prizes won in various games in Tewksbury, Fitchburg and Dracut on Monday and Tuesday.