Winner Finally Takes Home the $319 Million Mega Millions Jackpot

by: Edward Webber - Category:

And the winning Mega Millions numbers were… drumroll please… 22-24-31-52-54

For 15 consecutive draws no Mega Millions players lottery numbers made the cut. Finally, this past Friday night, one player from Albany, New York struck gold. The winning ticket for the lottery jackpot worth $319,000,000 was sold at Coulson’s News Center, which has been selling newspapers, magazines, sodas and snacks for more than 70 years. The employees couldn’t be more proud that the quick-pick ticket came from their shop.

Although the winners identity is still unknownn, the luckly guy/girl still has several decisions to make. They can take the $319 million prize over a period of 25 years or take the one-time cash payout of $202.9 million. I’m sure, it won’t be the only decision that they will be making in the near future.

March 25, 2011 jackpot is the fifth largest in Mega Millions history and not to mention the ninth-largest lottery jackpot of all time for ANY game (with a 2007 Mega Millions having the largest jackpot ever back in 2007). Fridays jackpot did take the cake for something – it ranks as the largest jackpot for a single winning ticket in the game’s history (the top winning ticket was back in 2005 and $315 million went home to one single winner).

In addition to the single jackpot winner, 32 lucky players matched the first 5 numbers correctly for a $250,000 prize.

The next Mega Millions draw will be on Tuesday, March 29th at 11:00PM EST. Don’t forget to Play!