WINNER COMES FORWARD: A person has claimed the $1.35 billion Mega Millions jackpot won in Maine last month, the Maine State Lottery revealed Wednesday.
$1.35 billion Mega Millions jackpot won at a Maine gas stationThey didn't share the person's name — they accepted the state's first ever Mega Millions jackpot win, from Friday, Jan. 13, through a limited liability company called LaKoma Island Investments."The winner is thoughtfully considering the best uses of the life-changing prize," a spokesperson for the unidentified winner said.Sign up for NECN newsletters.
While Maine is not one of the states that lets lottery winners stay anonymous, the state lottery confirmed Wednesday that they will only be identified as the company.Get updates on what's happening in New England to your inbox.
This is the second largest Mega Million jackpot in history and the first time a winning ticket has been sold in Maine. Lebanon borders New Hampshire, near Portsmouth, and has about 6,500 residents. The town had a bank balance of about $5 million in mid-2019, according to the most recent bank audit shared on the town website. Last month's lottery prize was about 270 times bigger than that.
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