Mega Millions Jackpot Won on Friday 13th

Friday the 13th never will be unlucky again for a Waterford couple after they won half of a $42 million Mega Millions jackpot. They played the Mega Millions on Friday, Oct. 13 and matched the five white balls and the Mega Ball.

Kevin Blake, 54, played the Mega Millions on Friday, Oct. 13 and matched the five white balls and the Mega Ball. The number were 02-07-18-26-31, with Mega Ball 12. to win a share of the jackpot. Blake bought his winning ticket earlier that day at the 7-Eleven located at 3461 Airport Road in Waterford.

Blake’s winning ticket was one of two jackpot-winning tickets bought for the Friday the 13th Mega Millions drawing. The other winning ticket was bought in Rhode Island. Each winner will receive $21 million.

I’ve played the same numbers for years,” Blake said. “It didn’t even occur to me that it was Friday the 13th. For just about every Mega Millions drawing for as long as I can remember, I’ve gone to the same 7-Eleven and bought $5 in Mega Millions tickets. I always play some family birthdays and then I get a couple of Easy Picks.”

Blake followed that same routine when he stopped at the 7-Eleven on Friday the 13th to buy his Mega Millions tickets for that evening’s drawing.

“I tucked the ticket in my wallet and didn’t give it another thought,” Blake said. “My wife and I went about our normal weekend routine. Little did we know that I had a ticket worth $21 million in my pocket the entire time.”

Blake’s wife, Stephanie, was the first to get excited about a jackpot winner from Waterford, but not because she thought her husband was the lucky winner.

“I was watching the news Saturday night after Kevin had gone to bed and they ran a story about a Mega Millions jackpot winner being sold in Waterford,” said Stephanie. “I thought: ‘How neat that someone from our town won!’ so, I went and woke Kevin up to tell him.

“We got online and pulled the numbers up,” Blake said. “Almost in unison, we both said: ‘Those are our birthdays!’ At that point, I looked at Stephanie and said: ‘High five! We won!'”

“It’s great to know that the stress of worrying about our financial future is over.”

The Blakes chose to receive the $21 million jackpot as a one-time lump sum of about $13.1 million, rather than an annuity. After tax withholdings, they will receive about $9.3 million.

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