NC Mega Millions winner revealed. She matched all of the white balls, lottery says.
A woman bought a $2 ticket at a North Carolina Food Lion and scored a $1-million Mega Millions prize in Tuesday’s national drawing, N.C. lottery officials said Thursday.
Beating odds of 1 in 12.6 million, Monroe resident Anna Papp matched all of the white balls in the drawing — 1, 7, 23, 38 and 55 — according to a lottery news release and the Mega Millions page on NCLottery.com.
Papp bought the Quick Pick ticket at the Food Lion on Idlewild Road in Indian Trail.
Only two other players nationwide won a $1 million prize in the drawing, one from Iowa and the other California, officials said.
Papp didn’t say what she’ll do with the money when she claimed her prize at lottery headquarters in Raleigh Wednesday, officials said. She couldn’t be reached by The Charlotte Observer..
After taxes, Papp took home $712,076, according to the lottery.
Friday’s Mega Millions drawing has a $254 million jackpot, or $133.7 million in cash, according to the lottery. The odds of winning the jackpot are 1 in 302.5 million.
Players can buy Mega Millions tickets, and tickets in five other lottery games in North Carolina, at retailers, through Online Play on NCLottery.com and on the lottery app. Those include the new Carolina Pick 3 and Carolina Pick 4 draw games.
This story was originally published March 16, 2023 at 11:56 AM with the headline "NC Mega Millions winner revealed. She matched all of the white balls, lottery says.."