LEBANON, Maine - No one knows yet who is now one of the richest individuals on the planet, but one thing we do know is that nearly everyone we talked to on Saturday was wishing it was a deserving local.
The winning Mass Millions ticket drawn Friday night is worth $1.35 billion dollars.
Maine's first Mega Millions jackpot ducat was bought at Hometown Gas and Grill at 1498 Carl Broggie Hwy., just a mile east of the East Rochester, N.H., line.
The lucky combination of numbers drawn late Friday night were: 30, 43, 45, 46, 61 and gold Mega Ball 14.
Hometown Gas and Grill owner Fred Coutreau said on Saturday he had no idea when it was bought or who the winner is.
"We don't know, we're just waiting for them to come in," said Cotreau.
Cotreau said he had been inundated with calls from media companies including CNN and other national news outlets.
Meanwhile, he said his regulars are taking it all in stride.
"There's a little bit of a buzz, but not much," he said.
Friday's drawing also became the seventh time there was a grand prize winner on Friday the 13th.
The winner overcame steep odds of 1 in 302.6 million.
Mega Millions is played in 45 states as well as Washington and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
The jackpot was the second largest in Mega Millions history and the fourth time the game has had a billion-dollar win. The largest jackpot was won in October 2018, $1.53 billion claimed by a single ticket holder in South Carolina.
To claim the full $1.35 billion the winner would need to take the money in an annuity with annual payments over 29 years. Most jackpot recipients prefer the reduced but quicker cash option, which for Friday night's drawing was an estimated $724.6 million.
Cotreau said he had no clue what amount of money he might be entitled to for his store selling the winning ticket.