Anne Arundel County Retailer Sells $1 Million Mega Millions Ticket

Jackpot rolls to $376 million for Friday’s drawing

A lucky Mega Millions player has a million reasons to smile this morning after winning a $1 million second-tier prize in the Tuesday, Jan. 18 drawing.

The winning ticket was sold at 7-Eleven #25410 located at 500 Donaldson Avenue in Severn. Check your ticket carefully if you bought one at this Anne Arundel County location. The lucky retailer will receive a $2,500 bonus for selling the ticket.

Players in Maryland, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Texas matched five of the winning numbers in the drawing to capture the prize. No one won the Mega Millions jackpot, which rolled to an estimated annuity value of $376 million for the Friday, Jan. 21 drawing with an estimated cash option of $256.4 million. This is the first Mega Millions ticket worth $1 million sold in Maryland in 2022.

The winning numbers for the drawing were 4, 19, 39, 42 and 52. The Mega Ball number was 9 and the optional Megaplier number was 4.

Lottery officials encourage all winners to sign the backs of their tickets immediately and put them in a safe location. Winners get 182 days from the date of the drawing to claim prizes.

Instructions on claiming prizes in person or by mail are available HERE. Players must redeem prizes larger than $25,000 at Lottery headquarters in the Montgomery Park Business Center, 1800 Washington Blvd., Suite 330 in Baltimore. The Lottery’s Claims Center in Baltimore is open by appointment only (no walk-ins). Click here to schedule an appointment.

Nationally, 879,856 tickets were winners in the Jan. 18 Mega Millions drawing. Maryland saw 23,523 players win prizes ranging from the $1 million second-tier win down to $2.

Mega Millions tickets are sold in 47 states and jurisdictions. Odds of winning a $1 million prize are 1 in 12 million, and the overall odds of winning any prize are 1 in 24. Watch Mega Millions drawings at 11:22 p.m. Tuesdays and Fridays on WBAL TV. Winning numbers are available at mdlottery.com and on your smartphone by downloading the free MD Lottery app.