Mega Millions jackpot winner revealed. Her $2 ticket bought near Carolinas lake won big
The mystery winner of a jackpot in Tuesday’s national Mega Millions drawing came forward on Thursday to claim her prize, N.C. lottery officials said Friday.
Toni Greene of Clover, South Carolina, hit the $1 million jackpot on a $2 ticket she bought at Lake Wylie Mini Mart on Union Road in southern Gaston County, officials said. The store is near South Carolina.
Greene’s ticket matched all five white balls, 2, 31, 32, 37 and 70, beating odds of 1 in 12.6 million, according to the Mega Millions page on the state lottery website.
Greene didn’t say what she’ll do with the money when she claimed her prize at lottery headquarters in Raleigh, officials said. She didn’t immediately return a phone message from The Charlotte Observer Saturday morning.
After taxes, she took home $710,101, according to the lottery.
Greene was among four $1 million winners nationally in the drawing, officials said.
Other players won large prizes in the drawing with tickets bought elsewhere in the state, including two $30,000 prizes in Smithfield and New Bern. And someone in Greenville won $10,000 with a ticket bought through the lottery’s Online Play.
The winners have six months from the drawing to claim their prize.
The Mega Millions jackpot soared to $630 million for Friday’s drawing, the fifth largest in the game’s history, officials said. The odds of hitting the jackpot are 1 in 302 million, according to the lottery.
This story was originally published July 20, 2022 at 11:14 AM.