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The Mega Millions jackpot grew again and now totals $1.350 million dollars who will be looking for a lucky winner this Friday the 13th, when a new draw is held.
This Tuesday, none of the thousands of players around the United States matched the six numbers needed to win the jackpot, which by then was $1.1 billion dollars.
The Mega Millions winning numbers for the January 10 draw were: 7, 13, 14, 15 and 18, plus the golden Mega Ball with the number 9according to the results of the last draw on Tuesday.
“The jackpot has increased againkeeping all Mega Millions fans on their toes for another draw,” Ohio Lottery Director Pat McDonald, Principal Director of the Mega Millions Consortium, said in a statement.
“Now, at $1.35 billion, the Mega Millions jackpot is rising and making history as the second highest jackpot in Mega Millions history”, he added after learning that no player hit the six winning numbers.
The largest jackpot in Mega Millions history so far was won on October 23, 2018 in South Carolina and was for the gambling record of $1,537 millionan amount close to the draw that is in force.
A cabalistic date to play Mega Millions
The Mega Millions lottery is preparing for a new draw to be organized in a date that can be considered good or bad luck by millions of players: Friday the 13th.
However, in the case of Mega Millions, Friday the 13th is a lucky date for your playersbecause throughout its history six major prizes have been won on this day, a statement highlighted.
But not only that, Mega Millions players in Michigan have been particularly fortunate in the draws that take place on Friday the 13th, because of the six jackpots won on this date, four have fallen in this state.
According to Mega Millions records, the top prizes won on Friday the 13th occurred in June 2008, 2011 Major, June 2014 and October 2017, when a winner shared the prize with another person in Rhode Island.
But they were not the only ones, the other two Mega Millions jackpots won on Friday the 13th fell in New York, in March 2009, and in Ohio, in November 2015; Nevertheless, none of the six delivered is similar to the $1,350 million that are played this Friday, January 13.
For this Tuesday’s draw, although there was no winning ticket for the jackpot, there were millions of lucky people who won prizes of $2 dollars up to $3 million, according to the Mega Millions lottery.
Three tickets sold in Connecticut, Florida and New York won $3 million in prizes; while 13 tickets had prizes of $1 million dollars in California, Florida, Kansas, Massachusetts (two), Missouri, New Jersey, New York, Ohio (two), Oregon, Pennsylvania and West Virginia.
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