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Maryland Retailer Sells Winning Mega Millions Ticket

Lottery officials said there is at least one winner who bought a ticket in Baltimore County.

UPDATE (8:35 a.m.)Maryland State Lottery announced early Saturday the record-breaking Mega Millions jackpot ticket was sold at a Baltimore County retailer.

The ticket was sold at a 7-Eleven store in the 8000 block of Liberty Road in Milford Mill, The Baltimore Sun reported.

By 7 a.m. Saturday, reporters and television news crews had descended on the store. The store owner declined comment.

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Three tickets have reportedly been sold across the nation—in Maryland, Illinois and Kansas—forcing a three-way split of the $640 million Mega Millions jackpot.

Carole Everett, director of communications for the Maryland Lottery, told Huffington Post it was too early to know more about the ticket holder.

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“This is truly remarkable and historic,” Maryland Lottery Director Stephen Martino said in a statement. “We can’t wait to greet the winner of this world-record setting jackpot.”

The winning numbers were 2-4-23-38-46 and Mega Ball 23.

The jackpot tops the previous record by $250 million, according to a Maryland Lottery news release.


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