Mega Millions Mania Hits the Region

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Mega Millions Mania Hits the Region. The Mega Millions jackpot reached $312 million and if a single jackpot-winning ticket is sold in Pennsylvania, it would be the largest jackpot ever won in the history of the Pennsylvania Lottery.

Let's get right to it, the winning Mega Millions numbers for Friday's drawing were 22, 24, 31, 52,54 and a Mega ball of 4.

Tickets for the multi-state drawing drew crowds to gas stations, convenience stores and grocery stores in Delaware and New Jersey.


Friday's winner -- if there is one -- would receive about $198 million if they opt for the cash lump sum.

In Tuesday's drawing, a Delaware County, Pa. ticket worth $250,000, sold at a Wawa in Essington, matched the first five numbers, but not the Mega Ball, according to Philly.com.

The Pa. Lottery was selling around $3,000 tickets every minute as of noon on Tuesday.

Programs benefiting older Pennsylvanians have received about $5 million from ticket sales.

Pa. has yet to have a Mega Millions winner -- meaning no one has matched all five numbers and the Mega ball -- since it launched the game more than a year ago.

But six tickets sold here in Pennsylvania in 2011 have resulted in a second-tier prize totaling a quarter-of-a-million dollars.

This prize is the largest in North America since a jackpot of $380 million was split between two winners in January.