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Mega Millions $250,000 Second-Tier Winning Ticket Sold in Elkton
Two Third-Tier $10,000 Tickets also sold in Maryland

             
(Baltimore) – The tally of Mega Millions second and third-tier prize winners in Maryland keeps on growing. Although Friday’s winning $196 million jackpot ticket was sold in Amelia, Ohio, one lucky Marylander holds a $250,000 second-tier ticket. Two other Maryland winners hold third-tier $10,000 tickets.

Maryland has had a total of 14 second-tier Mega Millions winners and 83 third-tier winners since January. The winning numbers for the May 16^th drawing were 06, 11, 39, 46, 47 and Mega Ball 26.  The $250,000 ticket was sold at Shore Stop #264, located at 407 N. Bridge Street in Elkton. The winner has 182 days to claim their prizes.

Maryland’s most recent Mega Millions jackpot winners include Bunky Bartlett from Dundalk, who split a $330 million jackpot with three others on August 31^st, and a 78-year-old Essex woman and her daughter winning $27 million on September 5^th.

The multi-state Mega Millions game is played in 12 states, including Maryland, Georgia, Illinois, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Virginia, Washington, Texas and California. Mega Millions drawings can be seen locally on Tuesday and Friday evenings at 11:22 p.m. on WBAL-TV, Channel 11 and at 11:30 p.m. on Maryland Public Television.

 

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