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01-07-2018, 09:48 AM
$450 million lottery jackpot has a single, lucky winner in Florida
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Just one person from Florida gets to claim a $450 million lottery jackpot. Is it you?
A 7-Eleven in Port Richey, Florida sold the winning ticket, bearing the numbers 28, 30, 39, 59, and 70, and then 10 for the Mega Ball, Mega Millions announced (http://www.megamillions.com/news-releases/florida-player-sole-winner-of-the-fourth-largest-mega-millions-jackpot-in-history). A lump-sum cash payout for the lucky winner would come out to $281.2 million.
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The jackpot winner, who has yet to be identified, gets the entire jackpot but they're not the only one who gets a prize. The 7-Eleven that sold the ticket also gets $100,000, and some lottery players won prizes for matching some but not all of the numbers. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2018/01/06/mega-millions-450-million/)
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Just one person from Florida gets to claim a $450 million lottery jackpot. Is it you?
A 7-Eleven in Port Richey, Florida sold the winning ticket, bearing the numbers 28, 30, 39, 59, and 70, and then 10 for the Mega Ball, Mega Millions announced (http://www.megamillions.com/news-releases/florida-player-sole-winner-of-the-fourth-largest-mega-millions-jackpot-in-history). A lump-sum cash payout for the lucky winner would come out to $281.2 million.
SEE ALSO: The rapid rise and even faster fall of an HQ trivia champion (http://mashable.com/2017/12/23/hq-trivia-top-contestant-allan-gibbons-allang-profile-all-time-leaderboard/)
The jackpot winner, who has yet to be identified, gets the entire jackpot but they're not the only one who gets a prize. The 7-Eleven that sold the ticket also gets $100,000, and some lottery players won prizes for matching some but not all of the numbers. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2018/01/06/mega-millions-450-million/)
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