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$36M Winning Mega Millions Jackpot Ticket Sold At FL Publix
The winning ticket for Tuesday's drawing was purchased only a week after someone in Florida won the record-breaking $1.6 billion jackpot.
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JACKSONVILLE, FL — Another lucky person in Florida purchased a winning ticket for Tuesday's Mega Millions drawing worth $36 million, just a week after someone in the Sunshine State won the game's record-breaking $1.6 billion jackpot.
The numbers drawn late Tuesday were 18, 39, 42, 57 and 63. The gold Mega Ball was 7. A player must match all five white balls plus the Mega Ball to win the jackpot.
The winning Florida ticket was sold at Publix on Roosevelt Boulevard in Jacksonville, WFLA reported.
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Tuesday night's drawing also produced a big winner in New Jersey, where someone purchased a ticket worth $1 million, meaning the ticket matched all five white balls. Meanwhile, nine tickets across the country won the third-tier prize of $10,000, meaning their tickets matched four white balls plus the Mega Ball. Another ticket won the third-tier prize but included the Megaplier option, making it worth $30,000.
Should Tuesday's winner select the cash option, which most players do, they'll walk away with $17.4 million before taxes.
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Tuesday's big win marks the third time in less than a year a ticket purchased in Florida matched all six balls to secure the jackpot.
In October, a resident of Fort Myers, which was devastated by Hurricane Ian just weeks earlier, split the $502 million jackpot prize with a winner in California. That winning ticket was sold at 7-Eleven at 2980 Colonial Blvd.
Drawings are held at 11 p.m. ET on Tuesdays and Fridays.
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