Texas gas station that sold record $810M Mega Millions ticket learned about it from late-night call during closing time: Craziest thing
The Houston metro area gas station that sold the $810 million Mega Millions ticket on Tuesday learned about their store’s luck by reading the news and a late-night phone call.Murphy USA 8848 in Sugar Land was preparing to close for the night when the night-shift employees got a call around the time the state lottery released details of the jackpot-winning ticket and the business that sold it.“We had one of our closers get a call,” Murphy USA District Manager Jonathan Amaya told Houston Public Media.
“And we started reading articles online and it was our store.It is the craziest thing.”The lottery player had purchased the ticket at the Murphy Express on at 7520 Highway 90A in Sugar Land and matched all six numbers drawn Tuesday night.The lucky numbers were 1, 2, 16, 24, 66 and the gold Mega ball 6.
“We’re just excited,” Amaya said.“Hopefully we get to meet the customer that won the winning ticket, and we’re really excited for the community as well as this location.
It’s a big win.”Lottery players who strike it big in Texas can remain anonymous if their winnings are larger than $1 million.Tuesday’s winner has yet to claim their prize, but elected to receive the $409.3 million one-time lump sum after choosing the cash value option at purchase, the Texas Lottery said.The business sits across the street from Constellation Field, the home ballpark for the Sugar Land Space Cowboys — the Triple-A affiliate of the Houston Astros and 21 miles southwest of downtown Houston.Because it sold the winning ticket, Murphy USA is eligible to receive a $1 million retailer prize.“I want you to give your employees a raise,” Darryl Roquemore, a regular at the gas station, told the outlet.“I checked all my tickets when I got up this morning because I play here,” he added.“And they’re very nice at this store, they’re very polite to everybody.” Morning Report and Evening Update: Your source for today's top stories Pleas...