RALEIGH (WTVD) -- The North Carolina Education Lottery said Wednesday that a ticket sold at a Wake County store won $1 million in Tuesday's Mega Millions drawing.
On Thursday, we found out who the lucky winner is. Make that Luckey winner, as in Geoffrey Luckey of Smithfield.
It's the second $1 million Mega Millions prize won by a player in North Carolina in a week. A man in Clayton won last Friday.
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Tuesday's winning ticket was purchased by Luckey at the Cruizers on Falls of Neuse Road in Raleigh. It matched all five white balls drawn, which were 1-12-14-48-65. The yellow Mega Ball was 2. The ticket beat the odds of 1 in 18.5 million.
After required state and federal tax withholdings, the Johnston County resident received $692,142.
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The first win came Monday when Elmer Stephens of Clayton claimed his $1 million Mega Millions prize from Friday's drawing.
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