Mega Millions ticket in $155 million jackpot sold in Ohio

<p>The Ohio Lottery finally has a top-prize Mega Millions winner. Now the wait has begun to find out who will claim the biggest lottery prize ever in the state.</p><p>The single winning Mega Millions ticket in Tuesday nights $155 million jackpot was sold at a convenience store in the Cleveland suburb of South Euclid, lottery officials said early Wednesday.</p><p>Mega Millions officials confirmed the ticket was the only one to match all five numbers and the Mega Ball number.</p><p>The ticket was sold at the Quick Shop Food Mart, said Mardele Cohen, spokeswoman for the Ohio Lottery.</p><p>No one at the store could be reached for comment Wednesday morning. The telephone rang busy. Cohen said she tried during the night to reach the store owner, without success.</p><p>Cohen said the cash payout for the winning ticket is $90 million, before taxes. She said Ohio was the only state in the multi-state lottery which had not had a jackpot winner.</p><p>Besides the grand prize winner, 27 players matched all five numbers but not the Mega Ball number. They will receive second prizes of $175,000 each.</p><p>Another 104 players matched four numbers, plus the Mega Ball number _ good for third prizes of $5,000 each.</p><p>The winning numbers from Tuesday nights drawing were: 12, 18, 21, 32 and 46. The Mega Ball number was 49.</p>