The winning ticket for the $425 million Mega Millions jackpot, the largest lottery prize in New York’s history was sold to a lucky, but yet unknown individual at a convenience store on Nassau County's North Shore.
The grand prize for the New Year's Day jackpot, which amounts to the eighth largest in the game's history, was purchased at Brookville Auto Service Shop on Northern Boulevard in New York.
The winning numbers are 34, 44, 57, 62 and 70, plus the Mega Ball of 14.
Shop owner Jay Huang initially thought the worst when he arrived at his store this morning to find television news vans and police vehicles in the parking lot.
But Huang said he was ecstatic to learn that one of his customers hit the jackpot.
He says he hopes whoever won needs the money and helps people with it.
Huang said he feels that his shop — which, while located in a wealthy enclave also serves blue collar workers such as drivers and landscapers — may be lucky.
New York Lottery officials said his store will receive $10,000 for selling the ticket. Huang said he plans to use the money to take his wife and four children on a family vacation.
Throughout the morning, regulars came into the shop to check their numbers and lament about a lost opportunity to become a mega millionaire.
The winner, who has yet to come forward, has one year to collect his prize.
[Source: www.newsday.com]
