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<p>DES MOINES, Iowa  — Maine scored its first Mega Millions jackpot — and someone beat the ill fortune of Friday the 13th — when a ticket purchased in the state matched the winning numbers for the lottery's estimated $1.35 billion grand prize.</p>
<p>The lucky combination of numbers drawn late Friday night were: 30, 43, 45, 46, 61 and gold Mega Ball 14.</p>
<p>The winner, whose name is not yet known, overcame steep odds of 1 in 302.6 million, which led to three months of drawings without a claim on the jackpot.</p>
<p>“Congratulations to the Maine State Lottery, which has just won its first-ever Mega Millions jackpot," Pat McDonald, Ohio lottery director and lead director of the Mega Millions Consortium, said in a statement early Saturday.</p>
<p>The jackpot was the second largest in Mega Millions history and the fourth time the game has had a billion-dollar win. The largest Mega Millions jackpot in October 2018 was $1.53 billion claimed by a single ticket holder in South Carolina.</p>
<p>Friday’s prosperous drawing also marked the seventh time there was a grand prize winner on Friday the 13th, a date superstitiously considered unlucky.</p>
<p>To claim the full $1.35 billion, the winner would need to take the money in <a href="https://apnews.com/article/powerball-jackpot-annuity-vs-cash-0e741f164106c0f4dba89707c5763c99?utm_source=Connatix&amp;utm_medium=HomePage">an annuity</a> with annual payments over 29 years. Most jackpot recipients prefer the reduced but quicker cash option, which for Friday night’s drawing was an estimated $724.6 million.</p>
<p>The next grand prize drawing on Tuesday will drop to an estimated $20 million and a cash option of $10.7 million.</p>
<p>Until Friday night, there had been 25 straight drawings without a jackpot winner.</p>
<p>There were more than 7 million winning tickets across nine prize tiers Friday. Beyond Maine's jackpot, 14 tickets matched five white balls to claim the second-tier prize of $1 million. Four were sold in New York, two in California and one each in Florida, Illinois, Kansas, Kentucky, Missouri, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Texas, Mega Millions said.</p>
<p>Mega Millions is played in 45 states as well as Washington, D.C., and the U.S. Virgin Islands.</p>
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<p>DES MOINES, Iowa  — Maine scored its first Mega Millions jackpot — and someone beat the ill fortune of Friday the 13th — when a ticket purchased in the state matched the winning numbers for the lottery&#8217;s estimated $1.35 billion grand prize.</p>
<p>The lucky combination of numbers drawn late Friday night were: 30, 43, 45, 46, 61 and gold Mega Ball 14.</p>
<p>The winner, whose name is not yet known, overcame steep odds of 1 in 302.6 million, which led to three months of drawings without a claim on the jackpot.</p>
<p>“Congratulations to the Maine State Lottery, which has just won its first-ever Mega Millions jackpot,&#8221; Pat McDonald, Ohio lottery director and lead director of the Mega Millions Consortium, said in a statement early Saturday.</p>
<p>The jackpot was the second largest in Mega Millions history and the fourth time the game has had a billion-dollar win. The largest Mega Millions jackpot in October 2018 was $1.53 billion claimed by a single ticket holder in South Carolina.</p>
<p>Friday’s prosperous drawing also marked the seventh time there was a grand prize winner on Friday the 13th, a date superstitiously considered unlucky.</p>
<p>To claim the full $1.35 billion, the winner would need to take the money in <a href="https://apnews.com/article/powerball-jackpot-annuity-vs-cash-0e741f164106c0f4dba89707c5763c99?utm_source=Connatix&amp;utm_medium=HomePage">an annuity</a> with annual payments over 29 years. Most jackpot recipients prefer the reduced but quicker cash option, which for Friday night’s drawing was an estimated $724.6 million.</p>
<p>The next grand prize drawing on Tuesday will drop to an estimated $20 million and a cash option of $10.7 million.</p>
<p>Until Friday night, there had been 25 straight drawings without a jackpot winner.</p>
<p>There were more than 7 million winning tickets across nine prize tiers Friday. Beyond Maine&#8217;s jackpot, 14 tickets matched five white balls to claim the second-tier prize of $1 million. Four were sold in New York, two in California and one each in Florida, Illinois, Kansas, Kentucky, Missouri, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Texas, Mega Millions said.</p>
<p>Mega Millions is played in 45 states as well as Washington, D.C., and the U.S. Virgin Islands.</p>
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