Winning $432 million Mega Millions ticket was bought in a Manhattan pizza joint

By Lee Brown

September 22, 2021

That’s a lot of dough.

A Mega Millions lottery ticket bought in a Manhattan pizza joint won a staggering $432 million on Tuesday night.

The lucky ticket, sold at Pronto Pizza on West 48th Street in the Diamond District, was the only winner in the mammoth draw. The jackpot will be about $315 million as a cash lump-sum, working out at about $192 million after taxes, Mega Millions said.

The pizza joint will also get a slice, with a $10,000 commission for selling the jackpot-winning ticket.

The winner was the only one to get all six numbers correct: 36, 41, 45, 51, 56 and the Mega Ball 13.

A ticket sold in Connecticut got all five white numbers but without the Mega Ball, winning $1 million.


The Mega Millions jackpot, which was won Tuesday night, will reportedly be about $315 million in cash

The jackpot was so huge because it has not been won since June 8, when a winning ticket was sold in Illinois, the lottery said. The New York win means the next drawing — on Friday — resets to $20 million.

The big win is the second Mega Millions jackpot winner in the Empire State this year, with an Oneida County couple in February getting $96 million.


The lucky individual purchased the ticket at Pronto Pizza on W 48th Street in Manhattan

Tuesday’s win is far from the biggest so far this year — with $1.05 billion, the second-largest jackpot in Mega Millions history, won by a group of players in Michigan in January.