Photo feature: Did you win the lottery?

Published 12:03 am Saturday, March 31, 2012

ROD GUAJARDO/The Natchez Democrat — Miss-Lou residents purchase tickets for the Mega Millions lottery Friday evening at the Shell gas station on Carter Street in Vidalia. The Mega Millions estimated jackpot is $640 million. Miss-Lou residents swarmed Louisiana convenience stores Friday afternoon to get last-minute tickets before the drawing Friday evening.

The numbers drawn Friday night in Atlanta were 2-4-23-38-46, Mega Ball 23. Lottery officials expected to release details about possible winners a couple of hours after the 11 p.m. Eastern drawing.

The jackpot, if taken as a $462 million lump sum and after federal tax withholding, works out to about $347 million. With the jackpot odds at 1 in 176 million, it would cost $176 million to buy up every combination.

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