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Mega Millions ticket worth $319M sold in New York

NEW YORK — A lottery official says a winning ticket for the Mega Millions lottery jackpot worth $319 million has been sold at a variety store in Albany, N.Y.

New York Lottery spokeswoman Carolyn Hapeman said Saturday the winning jackpot ticket for Friday’s drawing was sold at Coulson’s News Center just a few blocks from the state Capitol.

Hapeman says final sales numbers raised the annuity value of the prize to $319 million, with a cash value of $202.9 million.

According to the Mega Millions website, the jackpot is the fifth-largest in the game’s history. The biggest jackpot was $390 million in March 2007.

It ranks as the largest jackpot for a single winning ticket in the game’s history, eclipsing the $315 million prize sold in California in November 2005.

The winning numbers in Friday’s drawing were: 22, 24, 31, 52, and 54, and 4 as the Mega ball.

Hapeman says the holder of the winning jackpot ticket has the option of taking prize over 25 years or as a cash payout.

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