DES MOINES, Iowa – The two winning Mega Millions tickets were sold in California and Georgia, lottery officials said Wednesday.
The $636 million jackpot was the second-largest lottery prize in U.S. history.
One ticket was sold in San Jose, Calif., California Lottery spokesman Alex Traverso said. The other was sold in Georgia, but Mega Millions’ lead director Paula Otto said early Wednesday morning that she didn’t yet know in which city it had been sold.
Otto, who is also the Virginia Lottery’s executive director, said $336 million in tickets were sold for Tuesday’s drawing – they had projected $319 million.
“Sales were a little better than we’d anticipated,” Otto said. “It was a fun run, it was our first holiday run for either of the big jackpot games.”