Lady Luck smiled down on Arizona this week as two residents are now considerably richer after hitting it big in the lottery. As per the Arizona Lottery, a Shell gas station on the corner of Third Avenue and Bell Road in Phoenix sold a winning Fantasy 5 ticket that's now worth a cool $294,000.
The winning digits for Tuesday's Fantasy 5, 1, 3, 5, 25, and 41, turned out to be a life-changer for the lucky ticket-holder. Meanwhile, another Arizonan came strikingly close to never having to work another day, snagging a $10,000 Mega Millions prize with a ticket purchased at Fry's Food Store in Oro Valley, as 12news reported.
According to details from KOLD, the Tucson area winner matched four numbers plus the Mega ball, beating steep odds of 931,001 to 1. While some may be calculating their chances, others are already queuing up for the next big draw. Mega Millions has a $977 million jackpot up for grabs on Friday night after no one matched all six numbers on Tuesday.
The Powerball jackpot is not to be overlooked either, having ballooned to $687 million, enticing those with dreams of riches to also quickly secure their tickets before the Wednesday night deadline. If a winner is declared, they can choose to slowly rake in the entire pot in 30 annual payments, or just take a lump sum of about $327 million and enjoy their windfall presently. With jackpots like these, the next multimillionaire is surely just a ticket away.
