Construction Workers One Number Away from Millions

New York Mega Millions Lottery

New York Mega Millions Lottery

The Christmas Eve Mega Millions lottery drawing  in the New York Lottery came up 15, 16, 27, 40 and 52, with a Mega Ball of 18. For a group of construction workers at the World Trade Center site, the difference between a Mega Ball of 18 and their pick of 16 meant the difference between a $250,000 second prize, and a grand prize in the hundreds of millions. With no winner Friday, the prize is currently $380 million.

The 18 man crew pooled their five dollar ticket purchases and received a little over $9000 each, after taxes, as a return on their investment. There were actually 11 winning second-prize tickets for $250,000 each, for getting five of six numbers correct that night. But, because of the location of their jobsite, it seemed fitting that the crew should get a gift on Christmas Eve.

In something of a concidence there were 11 winning tickets, one of which was for a group of men rebuilding on the site of the September 11th attacks, just days away from the start of 2011.

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