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Dundalk Woman Wins $250,000 Mega Millions Prize

 

(Baltimore) – Mega Millions sales were just about to close on Friday when Sarbjit Kaur stopped to put gas in her car. “I saw the jackpot was $48 million dollars,” she said. “So, I bought one ticket.” That one dollar purchase paid off big. Sarbjit matched all five numbers from Friday night’s drawing except for the Mega Ball to win the second-tier prize of $250,000. The winning numbers were 24, 28, 36, 50, 53 and Mega Ball 21.

 

The 22-year-old college student and hospital employee didn’t know that she was a winner until the next day at around 4 pm. Her father told her that there was a winning ticket sold at the place she purchased hers. Sarbjit phoned the Lottery to get the winning numbers. When the Lottery official told her what they were, she was still skeptical so she went online and checked the numbers again. “I had to pinch myself,” she said giggling.

 

Sarbjit immediately called her father and brother. Her brother refused to believe her until he saw the ticket for himself. Sarbjit, who was accompanied to Lottery Headquarters by her dad and brother, said that it was a sleepless Sunday night. She intends to use some of the money for an engagement party as well as to pay off credit cards and her student loan  

 

There was no jackpot Friday’s night, making tomorrow night’s drawing worth $60 million.  The multi-state Mega Millions game is played in 12 states, including Maryland, Georgia, Illinois, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Virginia, Washington, Texas and California.

The winning ticket was purchased at Pulaski Hess located at 6715 Pulaski Hwy. in Baltimore.

 

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