Did you play Mega Millions for New Year’s Eve (Dec. 31, 2024) & buy a ticket at Publix in Parrish, Florida? It’s worth $1 million & expires in 6 months

Mega Millions tickets sold in Florida, Minnesota and New Jersey won $1 million, just missing the $20 million jackpot, lottery officials said. The tickets matched five winning numbers, but not the Mega Ball, in the drawing Tuesday, Dec. 31, the national Mega Millions site said.

No tickets were sold with all six numbers in Tuesday evening’s drawing of the multi-state Mega Millions lottery, pushing the estimated jackpot for Friday’s drawing to $42 million. According to Lottery officials,

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A Mega Millions ticket worth $1 million was sold in New Jersey for Tuesday’s lottery drawing as the jackpot went without a big winner on New Year’s Eve. The second-prize Mega Millions ticket matched five of the winning numbers but not the Mega Ball drawn. Second-prize tickets worth $1 million were also sold in Florida and Minnesota.

But, a Quick Pick ticket from Publix at 11245 U.S. 301 N, in Manatee County’s Parrish area matched the first five Mega Millions numbers of 13, 22, 27, 29 and 35, winning the owner a $1 million second tier prize.

A Mega Millions lottery ticket bought in the Twin Cities narrowly missed hitting the jackpot Tuesday but was still good for $1 million, officials said. The winning ticket for the multistate game was purchased at Cub Foods in Blaine just off Hwy.

The Minnesota Lottery says the $1 million ticket was sold at the Cub Foods Blaine South store at 585 Northtown Drive, which earns a $5,000 bonus for selling the ticket. The winning Mega Millions numbers for the Dec.