Mega Millions Top Prize Split Three Ways
Sunday, April 1st, 2012 -- 6:22 AM
The spokesman for the Illinois lottery says three tickets have split the record $640 million Mega Millions jackpot. Mike Lang says the winning tickets were in Illinois, Kansas and Maryland.He says the Illinois winning ticket was sold in the small town of Red Bud, near St. Louis. The Maryland lottery announced its winner was from Baltimore County. No details on the winning ticket in Kansas. Lang says each winning ticket was expected to be worth more than $213 million before taxes.
The Wisconsin Lottery says tickets worth $250,000 each were sold in Eau Claire, Richfield and Walworth. The state also had 13 tickets worth $10,000 each. Wisconsin sold $9.3 million worth of Mega Millions tickets for this drawing, including $6.2 million sold on Friday alone.
In all, Americans spent nearly $1.5 billion for a chance to hit the main jackpot.
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