Customers buy Mega Millions tickets hours before the draw of the USD 1 billion jackpot, at the Bluebird Liquor store in Torrance, California on October 19, 2018. (Photo by Mark RALSTON / AFP)
Scores of American lottery players were disappointed they hadn’t become an overnight billionaire Saturday — but they’ll get another chance to scoop the jackpot, with $1.6 billion up for grabs in a few days.
The prize for Friday’s Mega Millions contest had soared to $1 billion, prompting long lines at gas stations and 7-11s across the country, the federal capital Washington and the US Virgin Islands where the lottery is held.
But, although there were 15 second-tier winning tickets of at least $1 million across nine states, nobody won the jackpot — putting the prize for Tuesday’s draw at a record…
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