Another mystery person hits $1M jackpot in Charlotte area with a $2 lottery ticket
Another mystery person scored a $1 million prize in the Charlotte area with a $2 Mega Millions lottery ticket, North Carolina lottery officials said Wednesday.
The winner in Tuesday night’s drawing bought the ticket at Carolina Fast Mart on N.C. 49 North in Concord, according to a lottery news release.
The ticket matched the numbers on all of the white balls, 1-10-18-20-46, beating odds of 1 in 12.6 million, officials said.
Tuesday’s winner has 180 days to claim the prize.
Since no one won the Mega Millions jackpot on Tuesday night, Friday’s jackpot climbs to $310 million as an annuity and $238 million as cash.
The odds of winning a Mega Millions jackpot are 1 in 302.5 million, according to the lottery.
Two Charlotte-area residents scored $1 million wins in the game in the past three weeks.
Marion Hughes of Mooresville turned out to be the mystery buyer of a winning $2 ticket at Fast Phil’s convenience store on Brawley School Road in southern Iredell County, lottery officials said.
And a Concord woman and three family members scored a $1 million lottery prize after they chipped in 50 cents each for a Mega Millions ticket around Thanksgiving, lottery officials and the woman’s mother said.
Lorraine Dowe bought the winning ticket at Carolina Fast Mart on U.S. 601 in Concord with Troy Dowe of Middletown, N.Y., Nicollette Rhodes of Linden, N.J., and Chad Payne of New York, according to a lottery news release.
Mega Millions tickets are available at lottery retailers, on www.nclottery.com and the lottery app.
This story was originally published December 16, 2020 at 1:24 PM with the headline "Another mystery person hits $1M jackpot in Charlotte area with a $2 lottery ticket."