Winner of third largest Mega Millions jackpot of all time is yet to claim the half a BILLION prize
THE WINNER of Friday's Mega Millions jackpot ticket has not claimed the $515million prize.
A Pennsylvania Lottery spokesperson told ABC News on Saturday that the prize yet.
This is the largest Mega Millions jackpot in Pennsylvania and the third-largest jackpot of all time, according to ABC News.
There were smaller prizes for all 1,702,748 winners in the Friday night drawing, according to a by Mega Millions.
"Fifty-three tickets across the country matched four white balls plus the Mega Ball to win the game’s third prize," said a press released.
"Ten of those are worth $30,000 each because they included the optional Megaplier (a $1 additional purchase available in most states); the Megaplier for this drawing was 3X."
The other 43 third-tier winning tickets are worth $10,000 each, according to the Mega Millions website.
The winning Mega Millions ticket from Friday night’s drawing had the numbers 6-9-17-18-48 with 8 being the Mega Ball.
Lottery proceeds in Pennsylvania are allocated to assist senior citizens in the state and provide help with prescription, transportation, property tax, and rental rebates among others, .
In January, a group of people in Michigan won over $1billion jackpot prize.
The ticket was sold at Kroger in a northern suburb of Detroit, .
In the US Mega Millions lottery, all five white balls and the gold Mega ball in order to win the jackpot.
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A world record jackpot of $1.537billion was hit in October of 2018 by one ticket sold in South Carolina.
There is no guarantee that a jackpot will be awarded for every drawing.
Mega Millions tickets cost $2 and are sold in 45 states, the District of Columbia, and the US Virgin Islands.