No one won this week’s Mega Millions lottery drawing, meaning the new totals for the Friday, August 8 game have risen above the $100 million mark. Check out the report below to see just how big the game has gotten before you buy your tickets.
The all new Mega Millions lottery drawing has reached a shell shocking $115 million.
The Mega Millions lottery website also shares the news of one recent winner, reporting:
“June 19, 2014 - Glenn Eaton, of Atlanta, Steuben County, N.Y., won a $1,000,000 Mega Millions prize from the May 27, 2014, drawing by changing just one part of his lottery routine.
“Eaton said he plays the Mega Millions game about once a week. On the day of the drawing, he went out to buy his wife a soda at Mikey’s Gas Mart on Wayland Street in North Cohocton, and decided to buy his ticket. Eaton said, ‘Something told me to buy a ticket for that night’s drawing.’
“Eaton said he normally picks his own numbers, but that day he decided to buy a Quick Pick ticket instead. It was that change in his routine that made him into a new lottery millionaire.
“The next day Eaton went back to Mikey’s Gas Mart and scanned his ticket. That’s when he found out that he was a big winner. ‘I felt a little light headed and my hands started tingling when I realized I had won the one million dollar second prize,’ Eaton said.
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