Close counts for something when it comes to a lottery jackpot in the neighborhood of $1 billion.
Baker, a high desert town known as the"Gateway to Death Valley" and home to the"," is on the western end of the Mojave National Preserve in the desert about 175 miles northeast of Los Angeles. It is a San Bernardino County waypoint on the 15 Freeway between LA and Las Vegas.
Eight tickets matched the five white balls -- two each in New Jersey and New York, and one each in California, Florida, Illinois and Ohio. The ticket sold in Ohio is worth $3 million because the lottery player included the Megaplier, which was 3X.
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