$10K Wins for 2 Mega Millions Tickets Sold in Arkansas

$10K Wins for 2 Mega Millions Tickets Sold in Arkansas

LITTLE ROCK – The Mega Millions jackpot winner from last night’s record drawing bought the ticket in South Carolina, but 101 high-tier tickets were sold across Arkansas. “High-tier” refers to any ticket worth more than $500.

Two $10,000 winners purchased their tickets in Northwest Arkansas. Over the last four Mega Millions’ drawings (Oct. 12, 16, 19 and 23), more than $4.5 million in prizes have been awarded to Arkansas players. That includes a $3 million prize awarded to a couple from Sheridan.

“The past couple of weeks have been an exciting time for the lottery,” said Bishop Woosley, Arkansas Scholarship Lottery director. “We sold record numbers of Mega Millions tickets and just from last night’s drawing we had more than $662,508 in prizes awarded. But the real winners from the lottery frenzy will be Arkansas students. Proceeds for scholarships the past couple of weeks have increased several million dollars.”

Lottery players will have another chance at a massive jackpot tonight with the Powerball jackpot standing at an estimated $620 million – the third largest in its history and sixth largest in U.S. lottery history. The drawing tonight will be at 9:59 p.m. CST. If there is no jackpot winner tonight, the Powerball amount will grow to approximately $750 million for Saturday’s drawing.

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Possible Hep A Exposure on A-State Campus

JONESBORO – Northeast Arkansas continues to have an ongoing hepatitis A (hep A) outbreak.

The ADH is warning of a possible hep Aexposure after an employee of Arkansas State University (ASU) food service and volunteer at Salvation Army has tested positive for the virus. Hep A is a contagious liver disease that can be prevented by a vaccination.

Anyone who ate at the ASU Reng Student Center Cafeteria or the Salvation Army at 800 Cate Avenue in Jonesboro from Oct. 13 to Oct. 24 should seek vaccination immediately if they have never been vaccinated against hep Aor are unsure of their vaccination status. Vaccine will be available Friday Oct. 26 from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the Craighead County Local Health Unit in Jonesboro at 611 E. Washington Ave.

Vaccine will also be available at the ASU Reng Student Center, 3rd floor Arkansas River Room behind the Multicultural Center, located at Aggie Circle on campus in Jonesboro from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 29 and Tuesday, Oct. 30.

The vaccine will be provided to the public at no cost.