Jacksonville Joy for $36m Mega Millions Winner

The Mega Millions jackpot has been won for the second time in three draws, Tuesday August 15 saw a ticket win the $36 million top prize.

Not only is this the second Mega Millions jackpot win this month, as with the other success it is the state of Florida that sold the winning ticket.

Jacksonville success

August 8 saw a record $1.58 billion Mega Millions jackpot won by a ticket sold at a Publix store in Neptune Beach, Florida. A week later, another Publix store, this time in Jacksonville also sold a jackpot winning Mega Millions ticket. Both the wins came in the Duval County area of the state.

It’s not the first time in 2023 that a US state has had more than one Mega Millions jackpot win. New York has sold three jackpot winning tickets this year. Two of those came in successive draws held in April. Massachusetts sold two top prize winning tickets in January..

Eighth Jackpot win of the year

There have now been eight Mega Millions jackpot wins this year. Two have been for over a billion dollars and one for $483 million. The other five won $140 million between them.

It seems we either wait months for a jackpot to be won or they come soon after the last one. January 2023 saw the top prize won on four occasions so we may well see another August winner.

No one has yet come forward to claim either of the Mega Millions jackpots won this month in Florida.

The winning numbers in Tuesday’s draw were: 18-39-42-57-63 and the Mega Ball 7. Both the jackpot wins this month have come without a single digit number being in the main selection.

Whoever has won this latest jackpot can either receive their winnings as an annuity paid over 30 years or a one-off lump sum payment. If choosing the latter, the cash value is $17.4 million.

The next Mega Millions draw is being held this evening. The jackpot returns to its starting point of $20 million.

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