Winning Mega Millions ticket bought on LI

Winning Mega Millions ticket bought on LI

ROCKY POINT, N.Y. (AP) — The winning ticket for the Mega Millions jackpot of $162 million was sold in a seaside hamlet on Long Island.

New York State Lottery officials say the ticket was sold in Suffolk County, at Cards and Things, a store in Rocky Point.

No one has yet claimed the prize from Tuesday night’s drawing in the multistate lottery.

The winning numbers were 3- 33-35-39-45, and Mega Ball number was 13.

Lottery spokeswoman Jennifer Givner says the ticket shows a lump-sum option, meaning the cash would be paid out right away instead of $162 million over 26 years.

But there’s a catch: The prize then shrinks to about $100 million.

Mega Millions tickets are sold in Georgia, Illinois, California, Texas, Washington, Virginia, Ohio, New York, New Jersey, Michigan, Maryland and Massachusetts.