March 9, 2007 -- Even though no one grabbed a share of the record $390 million Mega Millions jackpot in New York, eight Empire State entrants scored runner-up prizes of $250,000 each.
Two winning tickets were sold in Manhattan, one each in Queens, Brooklyn, Nassau, Suffolk and Westchester, and one upstate.
In neighboring New Jersey, not only did someone win half of the multistate jackpot Tuesday, but two other runner-up tickets worth $250,000 each were sold.
No one had claimed any of the New Jersey prizes in the multistate lottery as of yesterday.
The top ticket, sold in Woodbine, Cape May County, is worth $195 million if the winner accepts an annuity and has a cash value of $116.5 million, but that's before a federal tax of 25 percent. New Jersey does not tax lottery winnings.
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