$1 Million Mega Millions Ticket Sold in Buckhannon
December 18, 2019CHARLESTON, W.Va. – A Mega Millions ticket worth $1 million was sold at Speedway #9218 in Buckhannon for the Tuesday, December 17th drawing.
The winner or winners are encouraged to sign the back of the ticket and contact the West Virginia Lottery at 304-558-0500 for more information on how to claim.
The lucky ticket matched five numbers and missed only the gold Mega Ball number. The winning numbers were 22-30-53-55-56 and the Mega Ball was 16. The Megaplier was 2X.
The ticket holder or holders are encouraged to sign the back of the ticket and call the West Virginia Lottery at 304-558-0500 for information on how to claim their prize.
There was one jackpot winning ticket for Tuesday’s drawing that featured a jackpot estimated at $372 million. That ticket was sold in Ohio. Four tickets matched the five white balls to win the game’s second prize. Three of them, sold in Iowa, New York and West Virginia, are worth $1 million each; the fourth is worth $2 million because it included the optional Megaplier, which was 2X Tuesday night; that ticket was sold in Pennsylvania.
The next Mega Million drawing is on Friday, December 20, and the jackpot resets to its starting value of $40 million ($27.0 million cash).
Mega Millions is played on Tuesdays and Fridays. Tickets cost just $2, $3 with the Megaplier option that increases the size of non-jackpot prizes. Tickets can be purchased at any West Virginia Lottery retailer.
