One winning Megamillions ticket sold in Central Washington

PHOENIX (AP) — At least two people are waking up to find themselves millions of dollars richer.

The holders of a ticket sold in Idaho and another in Washington state will be sharing Mega Millions’ $355 million jackpot from Tuesday night’s drawing, lottery officials said Wednesday.

According to the Washington Lottery, the winning Washington ticket was sold at the Ephrata Safeway store.

The prize is the fourth-largest in U.S. history and the second-largest in Mega Millions’ history, said Arizona Lottery spokeswoman Cindy Esquer. The lottery’s prize of $390 million in March 2007 remains the nation’s richest on record.

The two winners from Tuesday will each get $177.5 million. Besides the jackpot, prizes range from $2 to $250,000.

The princely sum drew huge interest across the country as thousands of people lined up to buy tickets in 41 states and Washington, D.C., where the game is available.

Jackpot winners for the Mega Millions game have to match five regular numbers plus the “Mega ball.” The winning numbers were 4, 8, 15, 25 and 47, with 42 being the “Mega ball” number.