Ticket sold in Detroit suburb of Troy wins $79 million Mega Millions jackpot

7/6/2013
ASSOCIATED PRESS

TROY, Mich. — A person who bought a Mega Millions ticket in the Detroit area has won a $79 million jackpot in the multistate lottery game.

The ticket sold in Troy won the grand prize Friday night.

One Michigan ticket-buyer also won $10,000 in Friday's drawing.

Mega Millions will be played again on Tuesday when the jackpot will be $12 million.

The winning numbers from Friday were: two, 23, 41, 47 and 54. The Mega Ball number was 42.