A man in the Bronx snatched a second place ticket at the New Way Deli & Lottery Corp. “It wasn’t me, and I play here all the time,” said Daisy Braxton, who came by to check her ticket against winner numbers and also buy another lottery ticket. However, most customers there were disappointed they weren’t among the big winners. Hopefully next time it’ll be the big one,” added the worker, who recalled a winning lottery ticket also worth $1 million being sold there five years back.
“Lightning usually doesn’t strike in the same spot. “We feel lucky!” a worker at the deli who goes by the name Big Al. Amy Beth Bennett/South Florida Sun-Sentinel via AP Eli Branson Only one man won the Mega Millions $1.34 billion prize. Speedway Gas Station in Des Plaines, where the winning Mega Millions ticket was purchased. on East Kingsbridge Road in the Bronx worth a comparatively paltry $1,000,002. Other lucky winners included a second place ticket purchased at New Way Deli & Lottery Corp. Interest in the rising pot was so large that it ballooned nearly $60 million overnight Friday before the results were announced early Saturday. The mystery winner has 12 months from the draw to claim their Mega-prize, and 60 days to choose the cash option or annual payments. The winning numbers in Friday’s drawing were 67, 45, 57, 36, and 13. So I encourage everyone to check your ticket.” “We don’t know whether or not they’re aware they’ve won a prize. A single winner claimed the whole $1.34 billion Mega Millions jackpot prize.
“We have not heard from the winner yet,” Mays said during a Saturday press conference. The ticket was sold at the Speedy Café Speedway in Des Plaines, Illinois, said Harold Mays, director of the Illinois Lottery.
One very lucky person who bought their lottery ticket at an Illinois gas station was the lone winner of the jaw-dropping $1.34 billion Mega Millions jackpot - the third largest in US history, game officials said.
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