LARGO, Fla. — A Largo woman just got $4 million richer after claiming a second-tier prize playing the Mega Millions.
Reana Mahaney's winning ticket matched all five white ball numbers but did not match the Mega Ball number, according to a news release from the Florida Lottery.
The 60-year-old purchased the ticket for the June 11 drawing at Publix located at 10411 Ulmerton Road in Largo. The retailer received a $5,000 bonus commission for selling the winning ticket.
Her winning numbers were 1, 5, 7, 22 and 24, according to the lottery's website.
To play, people fill out a payslip and choose their numbers. Every slip allows people to play IP to five panels, with each panel equaling one ticket. Players select five numbers from 1 through 70 and the Mega Ball number from 1 through 25, or they can select a box to let the terminal pick some or all of their numbers at random.
The odds of winning the top prize, which is matching all five numbers plus the Mega Ball, is 1 in 175,711,536. Here are the other prize-level odds:
- Second: 1 in 3,904,700.8
- Third: 1 in 689, 064.85
- Fourth: 1 in 15,312.55
- Fifth: 1 in 13,781.30
- Sixth: 1 in 843.75
- Seventh: 1 in 306.25
- Eighth: 1 in 140.63
- Ninth: 1 in 74.80
The next drawing is Tuesday at 11 p.m. with an estimated prize of $303 million. Tickets must be purchased by 10 p.m. to be eligible for this drawing. The last drawing was Friday with the numbers 11, 22, 42, 46 and 51 and the Mega Ball number was 4.
The game has generated more than $1.24 billion for education and awarded $1.9 billion in prizes to 83 million players.
