Mega Millions jackpot reaches $400 million
Sean Stevens of Centereach shows off the Mega Millions tickets he bought at the Whistle Stop Card Shop at the LIRR station in Ronkonkoma for a $400 jackpot drawing. (Dec. 12, 2013) Credit: Newsday / John Paraskevas
It's mega madness -- again.
A $400-million jackpot is up for grabs Friday night in the Mega Millions lottery game.
Customers bought about $1,000 in tickets Wednesday and Thursday at Cards N Things in Holbrook, well above the usual $200, clerk Piyush Patel said.
"They say, 'A dollar and a dream,' " he said with a chuckle. "They know they're not going to win."
Still, he said, he has $8 in the Mega Millions pool at his other job as an electrical technician.
The cash option is $216 million, according to the Mega Millions website. The game's biggest-ever jackpot, $656 million, was won in 2012 by three people.
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