Ticket sales from record $1.35B Mega Millions lottery jackpot

Despite the fact that a resident of Maine took home the top prize, the most recent record Mega Millions jackpot turned out to be a cash windfall for New York State.

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According to the Daily Voice, the most recent drawing was the third multistate lottery jackpot to exceed $1 billion.

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