The winning ticket to the $516 million Mega Millions jackpot was sold in Pennsylvania, lottery officials said on Saturday.
The winning numbers for the $516 million prize were drawn Friday night. They were 6, 9, 17, 18 and 48, plus gold Mega ball No. 8. The jackpot value is based on actual ticket sales.
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It’s the ninth largest jackpot awarded since the game began in 2002, and the third time a Mega Millions jackpot ticket was sold in Pennsylvania since the state joined the game in 2010.
A Pittsburgh man won $149 million May 20, 2014. A Virginia truck driver won a $153 million jackpot on a ticket he purchased July 21, 2015 on his way through Pennsylvania.
Officials said one other person has won the Mega Millions jackpot so far this year. On Jan. 22, a group of players in Michigan claimed the then-$1.05 billion prize. That jackpot was the second highest in the game’s history, behind the $1.5 billion prize won in October 2018 by a player in South Carolina.
The Mega Millions jackpot has been rolling since Feb. 16, when the grand prize was last won in New York. At the time, the jackpot was $96 million. The jackpot for the next drawing, Tuesday, was reset to the starting value of $20 million.
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