Giant Mega Millions Jackpot Won After Growing For Nearly Four Months
Two Iowa Tickets Were Just One Number Away On Friday
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CLIVE, Iowa — The Mega Millions® giant jackpot has been won after growing for nearly four months. Two Iowa tickets were just one number away from having a share of Friday's jackpot that topped $1 billion.
Friday's Mega Millions jackpot was won with a ticket purchased in California. The jackpot of $1.22 billion annuity, $549.7 million lump-sum option, is the fifth-largest jackpot in the history of the game and the ninth-largest jackpot in any U.S. lottery game.
Prizes Won In Iowa, Two Tickets That Came So Close
Iowa Lottery players won a total of 38,780 prizes in Friday's Mega Millions drawing ranging from $2 up to $30,000.
Two Iowa tickets were just one number away from having a share of Friday's jackpot, matching four of the first five numbers and the Mega Ball. One of those tickets won a $30,000 prize, while the other won a $10,000 prize. The player who bought the $30,000-winning ticket added the Megaplier® option to the purchase, which tripled the prize.
The $30,000-winning ticket was purchased at New Co-Op-Corning, 408 Sixth St. in Corning.
The $10,000-winning ticket was purchased at Casey's, 1850 22nd St. in West Des Moines.
Those two prizes can be claimed at any Iowa Lottery office.
The Winning Numbers And Sales
The winning numbers in Friday's Mega Millions drawing were: 3-7-37-49-55 and Mega Ball 6. The Megaplier number was 3.
Iowa Lottery players bought nearly $2.2 million in Mega Millions tickets for Friday's drawing, including about $1.5 million in tickets on Friday alone. But the average Mega Millions purchase in Iowa for the drawing remained about three plays, or $6 per ticket.
Lottery officials were pleased that a lot of people had fun playing and didn't go overboard.
How Iowa Did This Week
In this week's two Mega Millions drawings, five Iowa tickets came within one number of winning the jackpot, three in Tuesday's drawing and two on Friday.
Four of those tickets each won a $10,000 prize, while the Corning ticket in Friday's drawing won $30,000.
Iowa players won a total of 69,707 prizes in Mega Millions this week.
Easy Picks vs. Your Own Numbers
The vast majority of tickets purchased in Mega Millions are easy-pick plays, meaning that the lottery terminal assigns the numbers printed on the ticket. About 93 percent of the Iowa plays for Friday's drawing were easy picks.
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