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Holder Of $196 Million Ticket Not Yet Identified

Monday, May 19, 2008

So far, nobody has come forward to claim a lottery ticket worth $196 million bought in the village of Amelia, east of Cincinnati.

A lottery spokeswoman in Cleveland says the only winning ticket in Friday night's Mega Millions drawing was sold at Main Street Wine & Spirits in Amelia.

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  • The store owners get $100,000 for selling the winning ticket. And 17 players who matched five numbers but not the Mega Ball number will receive $250,000 each.

    The winning numbers were 6, 11, 39, 46 and 47. The Mega Ball number was 26.

    You can watch the next Mega Millions drawing on Channel 2 Tuesday just before the Channel 2 Action News Nightbeat @ 11.

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