Happy New Year everyone! The Mega Millions numbers have been drawn for Tuesday, December 31, 2013. Check the results below to see if you won the last MM game of the year.
The Mega Millions numbers are: 8, 12, 34,52, 58, MB 8
The total amounts for this drawing are $47 million, with an estimated cash value is $25 million.
This life changing amount is still a far cry from the recent $656 million dollar prize jackpot. 56-year-old Ira Curry of Stone Mountain, Georgia claimed half of the big prize. The official Mega Millions website tells her story:
“ATLANTA--It’s the most wonderful time of the year for Ira Curry. The Stone Mountain woman purchased one of two winning jackpot tickets in Tuesday’s $648 million Mega Millions drawing. She claimed her prize Wednesday morning at Georgia Lottery headquarters. “
The story later give more details about her win, adding:
“Curry selected the cash option, which amounts to $173,819,742.50 before taxes for each jackpot winner. Georgia state income tax of 6 percent and federal income tax of 25 percent are withheld from prizes of more than $5,000 at the time the prize is claimed. After final game sales were calculated, the jackpot increased from an advertised $636 million to $648 million.”
The big jackpot was not the only prize being given away on Tuesday night:
“Many other Georgia Lottery players around the state won big in Tuesday’s drawing. Two $1 million tickets were sold in Columbus and Winder. Three $20,000 tickets were sold in Cave Spring, Decatur and Marietta. There were 26 $5,000 winners, 18 $2,000 winners, and more than 929,000 winners at other prize levels. Georgia students were also big winners. The Mega Millions roll, which began Oct. 4, yielded approximately
"$17.3 million for the Georgia Lottery-funded HOPE Scholarship and Pre-K programs, equating to approximately 6,075 HOPE awards and 1,651 Pre-K spots. As with all other Georgia Lottery games, proceeds from Mega Millions will benefit education in the state of Georgia."
Happy New Year and the best of luck to you.
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