By Henry Austin, NBC NEWS
A $636 million jackpot — the second-biggest lottery payout in U.S. history — will be split among at least two winners after tickets in California and Georgia matched all six winning Mega Millions numbers Tuesday night, officials said.
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The California ticket — with winning numbers 8, 14, 17, 20 and 39, with the Mega Ball 7 — was bought at a store called Jenny’s Gift Shop in San Jose, state lottery spokesman Alex Traverso said.
The shop owner, Thuy Nguyen, was ecstatic to hear a winning ticket was sold at the store.
“I feel good!” Nguyen told NBC Bay Area in an interview outside his store late Tuesday. “I don’t even know. I cannot sleep tonight!”
Nguyen, who took ownership of the shop four months ago, said he was contacted by lottery officials to inform him of the winning ticket.
The Georgia ticket was purchased at Gateway Newsstand in Atlanta, Georgia Lottery spokeswoman Tandi Reddick told NBC News.
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