Someone in Rathdrum: You're rich!

RATHDRUM – The Idaho Lottery has confirmed that a

Mega Millions ticket worth $250,000 was sold for Tuesday night’s

draw in Rathdrum.   

The winning

numbers for  the $86 million draw were 11, 19, 40, 43, 44 and the

Megaball was 33.  This winning ticket matched the first five “white

ball” numbers, but not the Megaball.

“We are

encouraging all of our players to check all of their draw tickets

very carefully right now,” said Jeff Anderson, Idaho Lottery

director. “Too often, we see players who think they didn’t win

because they did not match the Megaball.  In the case of the

$250,000 winning Mega Millions ticket, they matched every number

but the Megaball and now have a ticket worth a quarter of a million

dollars.”

This is the

second $250,000 winning Mega Millions ticket in Idaho, both of

which were sold in Kootenai County.  The previous $250,000 winner

was sold in Coeur d’Alene for the April 17 draw. That winning

ticket has not yet been claimed.

Players have

180 days from the date of the draw to claim their winnings from

Idaho Lottery headquarters in Boise.   

With no jackpot

winner last night, the Mega Millions jackpot for Saturday night is

an estimated $100 million.