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Mega Millions ticket worth $284,000 sold in California

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Updated  July 11, 2024 11:06am PDT
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An unclaimed Mega Millions ticket worth nearly $3 million is about to expire. The owner of the winning ticket has until 5 p.m. Friday to claim the prize.

LOS ANGELES - Check your lottery tickets! 

Someone in California is $284,808 richer. 

According to the California Lottery website, one ticket matched five numbers in Tuesday night's drawing. 

That lucky ticket was purchased at United Pacific located at 27300 W Lugonia Avenue in Redlands, San Bernardino County.

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This comes after no one hit all the jackpot-winning numbers, which were: 21, 26, 54, 60, 64, and MB 3.

The drawing for the $203 million jackpot will be held Friday, July 12, at 8 p.m.

HOW MUCH DO YOU WIN AFTER TAXES?

There are 20 million reasons to dream, especially what you would do with the jackpot money. However, one thing all lottery winners have to take into account is the fact that their prizes will be taxed.

So how much do you really get after taxes?

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It depends on a couple of factors: do you have to pay state taxes where you live? Will you take the lump sum payment or the annuity payout?

According to Mega Millions' website, those electing to take the annuity option get one immediate payment followed by 29 annual payments, a process that is identical to Powerball with their payouts.