Two tickets share US$355m lottery prize
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January 6, 2011, Thursday
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AT least two people in the United States are waking up to find themselves millions of dollars richer.
The holders of a ticket sold in Idaho and another in Washington state will share Mega Millions' US$355 million jackpot from Tuesday night's drawing, lottery officials said yesterday.
The prize is the fourth-largest in US history and the second-largest in Mega Millions' history, said Arizona Lottery spokeswoman Cindy Esquer. The lottery's prize of US$390 million in March 2007 remains the nation's richest on record.
The two winners from Tuesday will each get US$177.5 million. Besides the jackpot, prizes range from US$2 to US$250,000.
The princely sum drew huge interest across the country as thousands of people lined up to buy tickets in 41 states and Washington DC, where the game is also available.
Hundreds of people poured into the tiny Arizona towns of Littlefield and Beaver Dam, crossing into the state from Nevada and Utah, where Mega Millions tickets are not sold.
At Rosie's Cafe on US interstate 93 north of Kingman near the Nevada state line, hundreds drove in over the weekend to buy tickets for the game.
"The line was going out the door," with 500 or more in line at times on Saturday and Sunday, said waitress and cashier Christine Millim.
One dollar was all it took to buy a chance at millions of dollars.
"I'm going to take care of my family - buy them new houses, new cars and travel a little bit," said Larry White, who bought a ticket in Atlanta.
The holders of a ticket sold in Idaho and another in Washington state will share Mega Millions' US$355 million jackpot from Tuesday night's drawing, lottery officials said yesterday.
The prize is the fourth-largest in US history and the second-largest in Mega Millions' history, said Arizona Lottery spokeswoman Cindy Esquer. The lottery's prize of US$390 million in March 2007 remains the nation's richest on record.
The two winners from Tuesday will each get US$177.5 million. Besides the jackpot, prizes range from US$2 to US$250,000.
The princely sum drew huge interest across the country as thousands of people lined up to buy tickets in 41 states and Washington DC, where the game is also available.
Hundreds of people poured into the tiny Arizona towns of Littlefield and Beaver Dam, crossing into the state from Nevada and Utah, where Mega Millions tickets are not sold.
At Rosie's Cafe on US interstate 93 north of Kingman near the Nevada state line, hundreds drove in over the weekend to buy tickets for the game.
"The line was going out the door," with 500 or more in line at times on Saturday and Sunday, said waitress and cashier Christine Millim.
One dollar was all it took to buy a chance at millions of dollars.
"I'm going to take care of my family - buy them new houses, new cars and travel a little bit," said Larry White, who bought a ticket in Atlanta.
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