The major win in Arizona just keep coming.
The state sold two more large winning lottery tickets on the same night, just 40 miles apart, less than two months after hosting Super Bowl LVII. This coincided with the Arizona Wildcats clinching victory in the PAC – 12 basketball tournament. However, we won’t discuss March Madness.
Someone bought a $265,000 Triple Twist drawing ticket at the SuperPumper gas station in Chandler on Tuesday night. Meanwhile, at the Safeway near the intersection of I-10 and AZ-51 in Scottdale, Arizona, someone else bought Mega Millions drawing tickets worth $10,000.
As of Friday afternoon, no winner had come forward to claim their prizes from Arizona Lottery officials.
Could it really be the same man despite the 40 kilometers distance between them? The thought is mind-boggling. Did they swing by the Safeway to pick up food before heading back to the SuperPumper to refill their pond? Both tickets, interestingly, were purchased on Tuesday.
The happiness is multiplied threefold.
The concept of the Triple Twist jackpot is simple. More than 3,000 retailers in Arizona sell tickets at $2 each. Individuals can either select their own six numbers (1 to 42) or let the machine randomly choose for them.
Regardless of the situation, the machine offers two extra columns of numbers that can potentially lead to a jackpot win.
The individual who won Tuesday’s prize successfully hit all six numbers: 2, 26, 33, 35, 38, and 41.
This wasn’t the first instance of an Arizona resident recently playing the Triple Twist. A Triple Twist ticket purchased at a Surprise Wal-Mart on March 15, raked in $1.5 million, while another ticket of the same game sold in Phoenix on the same day was valued at $225,000.
Chandler, a part of Maricopa County, has a population of just under 280,000 residents.
You’re asking about Mega Millions?
The unnamed winner, who purchased their tickets at the Safeway located near Pinnacle Peak and Scottsdale Roads in Scottsdale, successfully matched four out of the five numbers drawn for the Mega Millions prize, including the Mega Ball.
The winning numbers were 1, 37, 45, 62, and 64, and the Mega Ball was 4.
The latest statistics reveal that Scottsdale, another major city in Maricopa County, has a population of 242,753.
As of Friday’s drawing, the Mega Millions jackpot had risen to $414 million, with an estimated cash value of $221 million.
Prize winners are required to claim their winnings within 180 days of the draw. By that time, the Arizona Diamondbacks might have secured a spot in the MLB Playoffs.
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