Big Money Winning Mega Millions Tickets Sold In New York
Friday night was a lucky night for a couple of Mega Millions players in New York State.
The New York State Lottery announced that there were two "Big Money" winning tickets sold in New York from Friday's Mega Millions drawing.
Each one of those tickets matched four out of five numbers and also had the Megaball and took home the 3rd place prize of $10,000 each.
Friday's winning Mega Millions numbers were: 25-28-42-64-69 with a Megaball of 19.
No one claimed the grand prize so the jackpot for Tuesday's Mega Millions drawing is up to $361 million dollars.
That jackpot would put the winner into the list of one of the largest jackpots in New York State history.
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Here is a look at the largest lottery jackpots ever won by New York residents.
6. $202 Million Dollars
A group of players who played under an LLC named 1937 Flatbush Ave Dodgers LLC won the Powerball prize on June 1st, 2011.
5.$208 Million Dollars
Daniel Bruckner claimed the Mega Millions jackpot winning just a shade over $200 million dollars in December of 2011.
4. $319 Million Dollars
Seven co-workers from Albany pulled their money and had the winning ticket for the Mega Millions. They took home $319 million dollars in 2011.
3. $326 Million Dollars
Harold Diamond held the record for the largest lottery jackpot in New York for seven years. He took home the Mega Millions jackpot in 2014.
2. $432 Million Dollars
This winning Mega Millions ticket was sold in September of 2021. The NY Lottery does not know who owns the tickets.
1. $476 Million Dollars
Johnnie Taylor took home the jackpot from the Mega Millions drawing in April of 2023.
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