It was announced on October 17th that during the October 16th Mega Millions drawing, one jackpot-winning ticket was found. The Mega Millions is one of the two national lotteries and the lucky winner earned a prize of $200 million.

The winning ticket was sold in Shenandoah, Virginia but the winner of the ticket has not been announced. The winning lottery numbers were 10-13-18-33-51 with a Mega ball of 43. The chance that someone will pick the right numbers and win the Mega Millions Jackpot is one in over 175 million!

This is an amazing win for one person to earn. $200 million can really change a person’s life. It will be interesting to see who has won the large lottery prize and what they will be doing with the money. The next drawing of the Mega Millions jackpot will be on October 20th and will be for $12 million.




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