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Is it you? $540 million lottery winner in IN

‎07-09-2016 11:57 AM

Sadly, I don't live in IN, so it wasn't me!

The winning ticket for Friday's $540 million jackpot was sold in Indiana, according to the California Lottery Mega Millions.

The lucky ticket holder, who is yet to claim their prize, will be the sole recipient of the third largest Mega Millions pot in history.

The $540 million prize rolled over from Tuesday and the winning numbers - 8, 19, 20, 55, 73 with the Mega Ball 5 - were selected at 11 pm.

The Mega Millions game is played in 44 states, Washington, D.C. and the U.S. Virgin Islands. The odds of winning the jackpot were one in nearly 259 million, as of Friday's drawing.

Friday's drawing was the 35th since Mega Millions had a winner — the longest rollover stretch in the game's history.

Ticket sales typically increase as the prize grows, lottery officials said. The Mega Millions jackpot has been growing since early March, when a Washington state man snagged $157 million with a winning ticket bought in Seattle.

The current prize is the game's biggest since December 2013, when holders of two tickets sold in California and Georgia shared a $648 million jackpot. The largest Mega Millions jackpot, worth $656 million, was sold the prior year.

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Re: Is it you? $540 million lottery winner in IN

‎07-09-2016 12:04 PM

In my dreams.

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Re: Is it you? $540 million lottery winner in IN

‎07-09-2016 12:21 PM

Darn. So close, yet so far. Guess I'll be going to work on Monday.

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Re: Is it you? $540 million lottery winner in IN

‎07-09-2016 12:23 PM

Where is my best friend @winamac1 ?

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Re: Is it you? $540 million lottery winner in IN

‎07-09-2016 12:24 PM

We won a dollar!!! Split it? LOL

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Re: Is it you? $540 million lottery winner in IN

‎07-09-2016 12:31 PM

Not me, but I'm sure I'm related to the winner & expect to get a big chunk of that soon!

Seriously, that's too much money for one person or family. I wish them well with it & hope they will do good works with a sizable portion of it.

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Re: Is it you? $540 million lottery winner in IN

‎07-09-2016 12:44 PM

It wasn't me either, but I'm sure we're related.

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Re: Is it you? $540 million lottery winner in IN

‎07-09-2016 12:52 PM

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Not again! When is it my turn?

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Re: Is it you? $540 million lottery winner in IN

‎07-09-2016 12:55 PM

@Preds wrote:
Not again! When is it my turn?

You nut! That's funny! I'm still laughing.

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Re: Is it you? $540 million lottery winner in IN

‎07-09-2016 01:04 PM

@qualitygal wrote:
It wasn't me either, but I'm sure we're related.

Second cousins twice removed?