
Two in 25,000,000! Two winning Mega Millions tickets sold less than half a mile apart in Florida
The IndependentThe latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Two Florida women truly defied the odds after winning $4 million cash prizes in the Mega Millions lottery on the same day, and in the same town, in stores less than half a mile apart. The odds of winning second-level prizes in Mega Millions are one in 12,607,306, according to Mega Millions Both tickets matched all five white ball numbers in the popular lottery game, but didn’t match the Mega Ball, Florida Lottery officials said in news releases. In June two winning tickets for a Mega Millions jackpot advertised at $395 million were both sold at the same Chevron gas station in Encino, California. “This was only made possible by the fact that the same store sold two jackpot-winning tickets over two separate transactions,” California Lottery spokesperson Carolyn Becker, said at the time.
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