Maryland has a Mega Millions mystery on its hands.
A McDonald’s worker claims to have one of the three winning tickets selected in Friday’s drawing, but a Maryland lottery official told FoxNews.com early Monday that no one has produced the winning ticket. Making matters even murkier, the woman later seemed unsure if her numbers matched the $656 million jackpot.
“We have nothing to substantiate anything,” said Carole Everett, a spokeswoman’s for Maryland Lottery. “We’re getting no calls.”
Each one-third share of the record-breaking prize is worth $105 million after taxes, and officials have said winners were drawn in Kansas, Illinois and Maryland. Neither of the other two winning ticket holders has stepped forward, either.
“We can’t wait to greet the winner of this world-record setting jackpot,” said Maryland Lottery Director Stephen Martino. That ticket was purchased at a 7-Eleven in Milford. The McDonald’s worker who claims to hold the ticket, Mirlande Wilson, 37, has said she bought tickets for 15 co-workers, but that the winner was bought separately and she won’t share the money.
“We had a group plan, but I went and played by myself. [The ‘winning’ ticket] wasn’t on the group plan,” McDonald’s “winner’’ Mirlande Wilson 37, told the New York Post, insisting she alone bought one of the three tickets nationwide that will split a record $656 million payout.
Kansas Lottery spokeswoman Cara Sloan-Ramos said Monday that no one has contacted the lottery about the prize from Friday’s drawing. The winning ticket was purchased in northeast Kansas, though lottery officials don’t plan to identify the store until the winner comes forward. Kansas law gives a prize winner a year to claim a jackpot, and it allows winners to remain anonymous. The $218 million prize must be claimed either at the Kansas Lottery’s headquarters in Topeka or at its regional office in Great Bend.
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6 Responses
I’m having trouble following this article it says no one came forward with the ticket and then it says the mcdonalds worker claims the winning ticket is hers and not the groups
Eric, what’s not to follow? The story is pretty clear. The woman says she has the winning ticket, and it belongs to her alone, but she hasn’t filed a claim.
well if she has no need for it maybe she could donate it to us for Moas Chitim?
Who said she has no need for it?
i agree with #1-article didn’t seem to make sense.
#5, then you and #1 are both stupid. There is nothing in the article that is difficult to understand.