Jonesboro store sells $2 million winning ticket

Jonesboro, Arkansas – A Jonesboro person won $2 million.

Friday the winning numbers for the Mega Millions were announced. One person in Illinois won the jackpot prize of $1.337 billion.

Although the jackpot was not taken here in Arkansas, a few other prizes were.

One person in Jonesboro won $2 million from the lottery Friday, according to the Arkansas Lottery Scholarship.

According to Kara Lee Ford, media contact for the lottery scholarship, the winning ticket was purchased at a Kum and Go located at 4810 E. Highland Drive.