Mega Millions $180 Million Winner Results and New Friday September 5 Drawing Ticket Totals: Check Before You Buy

No one won this past week’s Mega Millions lottery drawing meaning that new totals for tonight's game are on the rise. Check the report below to see how big they are before you buy your ticket. Meanwhile, the winner of the recent $180 million drawing.

The new Mega Millions lottery totals have risen to $35 million.

The official Mega Millions website is reporting on the winner of the recent $180 million drawing and his strange tale:

“The now retired RWC Building Products Branch Manager from Calimesa said he knew then it was time to buy a ticket for the $180 million jackpot, even though he only plays the lottery maybe five times a year. ‘I don’t play unless I feel lucky, and the jackpot is high. I felt lucky,’ Knudsen recalled. That might be an understatement.

“This is a truly unbelievable story of some very strange coincidences related to purchases Knudsen made leading up to--and even after--his decision to buy five Mega Millions Quick Picks. The premonition Knudsen had that he just might win a fortune began the day before the draw at a convenience store.

“‘I bought something and it was six dollars even. No change. And then later on that morning, I bought something somewhere else and it was nine dollars even. Five different places that day I didn’t pay any change. The totals were all even amounts,’ Knudsen explained, still in disbelief. “I’m a numbers freak and that all means something in my head. So I said, ‘I gotta stop somewhere and buy a (lottery) ticket.’ So on my way home, I bought the Quick Picks for $10.’

“Get this: Knudsen recalls the very next morning (the day of the draw), ‘I bought something else and it came out to even money again! It was kind of weird. But I’d already gotten my (Mega Millions) ticket, so I wasn’t really thinking about (the weird string of payment occurrences) anymore.’

“That evening, he met his family at a time share in Indio. This is where things get a little spooky. And if you get chills, you won’t be alone. ‘I went with my wife down to the cantina to buy some things for the room.’ You guessed it”