No Mega Millions Jackpot, But lottery Sales Records in MA

Although no one can have a winning ticket on Friday a record $ 640 million Mega Millions drawing, a surplus of ticket issued for the discovery of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, however.

More than 39 million tickets were sold in the state, as the jackpot started on 24 January, the lottery said, creating a net profit of $ 16.4 million State General Fund. The Fund provides unlimited budgets of cities and villages.

Three states, Illinois, Kansas, Maryland, and each produced a winning ticket that matches all six numbers.

Five residents of Massachusetts adapted all but one of the numbers, the chance that there are $ 250,000 a ticket. The five tickets were sold at 7-Eleven, 63 Mammoth Road, Lowell, a variety of Handy, Watertown, Taye convenience East Bridgewater, Tedeschi Food Shop, 90 Washington Street, Somerville, and West Street Mobil, read on.

Beth Bresnahan, a representative of the lottery in Massachusetts, says she hopes that the excitement surrounding the huge jackpot will fuel future sales.

"I think that the" mega-mania "is certainly open the eyes of people who do not normally play the lottery could take a chance on another jackpot," said Bresnahan.

Fighting broke records for the tickets of many lottery officials said. Record up to 12 years in one day sale of Mega Millions, $ 11,3 million, was broken on Friday, when the residents bought $ 13.2 million tickets. At peak times, retailers sold nearly $ 22,000 in tickets every minute.

All that leads to the "exceptional year" for the financial lottery, Bresnahan said. Annual sales to date, up to 6 percent in 2011, she said.

Strong sales and good for the municipalities, who may use their portion of lottery money for schools, road repair fund and other projects. Retailers also see the benefits of foot traffic in their stores, as well as a small commission on each ticket and 1 percent premium on winning tickets.

Despite the absence of the jackpot winner, Bresnahan said the state is not too late. In August last year, 47-year-old man by the name of Dorchester unemployed Candido Oliveira won a jackpot of $ 32 million. In 2004 Lowell former janitor Geraldine Williams won a then-record 294 million U.S. dollars. Since 1996, the government released 13 winners of the jackpot, which raised a total of $ 790 million.