Butler residents scarf up Mega Millions tickets, jackpot soars to $1.02 billion
Alisha Chambers was stuck behind her cash register for the better part of Tuesday, as lines of hopeful millionaires purchased handfuls of Mega Millions lottery tickets.
Within a 10-minute time frame, six people entered the 7-Eleven store on West Jefferson Street and asked Chambers for a ticket.
“For the past few days, it’s been crazy in here,” said Chambers, who has been working there since April.
The estimated jackpot was $830 million, but when no ticket matched all six winning numbers in the 11 p.m. drawing, the Mega Millions jackpot increased to $1.02 billion, the lottery said.
The largest Mega Millions winning ticket previously sold in Pennsylvania was $516 million shared by five people in Bucks County more than a year ago.
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