Pa. ticket hits $153M Mega Millions jackpot

A lottery ticket sold in Pennsylvania is worth $153 million after hitting the Mega Millions jackpot.

Lottery officials said the ticket matched all five white balls (20, 30, 62, 65 and 74) and the Mega Ball of 1 to win the top prize in Tuesday's drawing.

The lucky ticket was sold at the Flying J Travel Plaza located just off Interstate 80 at 1460 N. Ridge Road in Milton, Northumberland County, the Pennsylvania Lottery said.

The gas station will get a $100,000 bonus for selling the ticket.

The winner has one year from the drawing date to claim the prize.

The jackpot for Tuesday's drawing was $153 million for the annuity or $91.7 million for the cash option. The estimated prize had been listed as $152 million, but lottery officials said Wednesday the final jackpot was increased slightly to $153 million due to strong sales.

The jackpot had been rising since it was last hit on June 2.

Tuesday marks the second time a Pennsylvania ticket has won the Mega Millions top prize since the state joined the multi-state game in 2010, lottery officials said.

In the state's previous win, a Pittsburgh couple took the $86.8 million cash prize following the May 20, 2014 drawing.

The Pennsylvania ticket was the only jackpot winner, though tickets sold in New York and Texas won $1 million each by matching the five white balls.

Mega Millions' top prize now resets to $15 million, or $8 million cash, for Friday's drawing.

In other lottery news:

- The Powerball jackpot for Wednesday's drawing stands at $80 million, or $49.5 million cash, after no one won on Saturday.

- A ticket sold in Lehigh County won more than $1.6 million in a recent Pennsylvania Cash 5 drawing, the game's second-largest jackpot ever won by a single ticket. The ticket matched all five numbers drawn Sunday - 5, 20, 24, 30 and 39 - to win the $1,631,007.50 top prize. That ticket was purchased at Sim's Quality Markets, located at 2401 Walbert Ave. in Allentown.