December 26, 2009

$162 Million Lottery Winner


Someone in Long Island, New York is having a quite a happy holiday season, as they now hold the winning ticket for the latest Mega Millions jackpot of $162 million! The lottery jackpot reached an amount of $162 million this week, and will go to a winner who bought the magic ticket in Suffolk County, NY. That ticket shows the winner is planning to go with the Lump Sum option, which gives them the cash all at once but means you get less total cash than if you got the yearly installments. That's the standard setup for the lottery, and experts say the lump sum could be better or worse depending on how well you do investing and managing your own money.

See below for the winning numbers. And if you're reading this, and didn't know until now that you were the winner, please remember who helped you out!

$162 Million Lottery Winner
philly.com

The winning ticket for the Mega Millions jackpot of $162 million was sold in a seaside hamlet on Long Island. New York State Lottery officials say the ticket was sold in Suffolk County, at a store in Rocky Point called Cards and Things. No one has yet claimed the prize from Tuesday night's drawing in the multistate lottery. The winning numbers were 3, 33, 35, 39, 45 and Mega Ball number 13...

$162 Million Lottery Winner

Posted at December 26, 2009 5:31 AM