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Yahoo
05-03-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Identity of $1M Mega Millions ticket winner is revealed
A Linesville-area man has claimed a $1 million prize on a Pennsylvania Lottery Mega Millions ticket sold in December 2024 at a Linesville convenience store. Brandon Bahl was identified Tuesday by the Pennsylvania Lottery as the winner of $1 million in the multi-state Mega Millions game. The ticket was purchased at the Country Fair convenience store, 122 Penn St., which received a $5,000 bonus for selling the winning ticket, lottery officials said. The ticket matched all five white balls, 2-20-51-56-67, drawn in the Mega Millions game of Dec. 20, but not the yellow Mega Ball 19, to win $1 million, less applicable withholding. The claim was approved by the Pennsylvania Lottery on Jan. 23. The $1 million winning ticket was subject to both 24 percent federal tax and 3.07 percent state tax, making its net worth $729,300 after deducting $270,700 in taxes — $240,000 in federal taxes and another $30,700 in state taxes. The winner's name was released by the lottery on Tuesday at the Meadville Tribune's request. Contacted by phone Tuesday, a man who answered Bahl's phone said, 'Who is this?' When informed it was a reporter calling asking to speak to Bahl, the man said, 'No. Do not call this number,' and hung up. The odds of winning the Mega Millions jackpot are 1 in 302,575,350, while the odds of winning any Mega Millions prize are 1 in 24, according to lottery officials. Tickets for the game are sold in 45 states, along with Washington, D.C., and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Mega Millions tickets are $2. Half the proceeds from the sale of each ticket remains in the state where the ticket was sold. Drawings are held at 11 p.m. on Tuesdays and Fridays.
Yahoo
05-03-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Identity of $1M Mega Millions ticket winner is revealed
A Linesville-area man has claimed a $1 million prize on a Pennsylvania Lottery Mega Millions ticket sold in December 2024 at a Linesville convenience store. Brandon Bahl was identified Tuesday by the Pennsylvania Lottery as the winner of $1 million in the multi-state Mega Millions game. The ticket was purchased at the Country Fair convenience store, 122 Penn St., which received a $5,000 bonus for selling the winning ticket, lottery officials said. The ticket matched all five white balls, 2-20-51-56-67, drawn in the Mega Millions game of Dec. 20, but not the yellow Mega Ball 19, to win $1 million, less applicable withholding. The claim was approved by the Pennsylvania Lottery on Jan. 23. The $1 million winning ticket was subject to both 24 percent federal tax and 3.07 percent state tax, making its net worth $729,300 after deducting $270,700 in taxes — $240,000 in federal taxes and another $30,700 in state taxes. The winner's name was released by the lottery on Tuesday at the Meadville Tribune's request. Contacted by phone Tuesday, a man who answered Bahl's phone said, 'Who is this?' When informed it was a reporter calling asking to speak to Bahl, the man said, 'No. Do not call this number,' and hung up. The odds of winning the Mega Millions jackpot are 1 in 302,575,350, while the odds of winning any Mega Millions prize are 1 in 24, according to lottery officials. Tickets for the game are sold in 45 states, along with Washington, D.C., and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Mega Millions tickets are $2. Half the proceeds from the sale of each ticket remains in the state where the ticket was sold. Drawings are held at 11 p.m. on Tuesdays and Fridays.
