Mega Millions Results: Winning numbers drawing yields 1 NY lottery winner for $425M jackpot

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Wednesday, January 2, 2019
Winning Mega Millions jackpot sold in NY
At least one person is waking up as a new millionaire after a winning ticket for the $425 million Mega-Millions jackpot was sold in Long Island New York.

A single winning ticket was sold in New York for Tuesday night's $425 million drawing.

The winning numbers are:34-44-57-62-70 Mega Ball: 14 Megaplier: 4

The winning $425 million Mega Millions ticket was sold in Upper Brookville, Nassau County. The ticket was sold by Brookville Auto Service on Route 25A.

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Each jackpot starts at $40 million, but how does it grow to hundreds of millions or more?

The giant jackpot was the eighth largest jackpot in the history of the game.

Three match five winning tickets were sold in New York and one each in Ohio, South Carolina and Texas. A match five plus Megaplier winning ticket was sold in Pennsylvania.

The $425 million jackpot comes with a cash option for $254.6 million. It has been rolling over since October.

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Here's what you should know if you're thinking of playing the Mega Millions.

Overall odds of winning the Mega Millions jackpot are 1:302,575,350

Mega Millions jackpots start out at $40 million and roll over if there is no jackpot winner.

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Tickets are sold in 44 states plus the District of Columbia and the U.S. Virgin Islands.