The US state of Maine has scored its first Mega Millions jackpot when a ticket purchased in the state matched the winning numbers for the lottery's estimated $US1.35 billion ($1.9 billion) grand prize. 9News
– 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 $US1.35 billion grand prize.
The last jackpot was won at $US502 million on October 14, when there were two winning tickets from California and Florida, the Mega Millions said. The largest Mega Millions jackpot, in October 2018, was $US1.53 billion claimed by a single ticket holder in South Carolina. Friday's prosperous drawing also marked the seventh time there was a grand prize winner on Friday the 13th, a date superstitiously considered unlucky.
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