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　　In the hours leading up to the Mega Millions drawing, there was a rush on tickets like lottery officials have never seen.

　　"Last night, between the hours of, oh, 5 to 10 o'clock, around the country, we were selling Mega Millions tickets at the rate of about $1 million a minute.  Never before have we seen that kind of frenzy," noted² Mega Millions lead director Gary Grief³.

　　And then the fateful moment arrived. Lottery officials say three tickets - each worth about $213 million before taxes - have the winning numbers.  One of the winning tickets was sold at a store in Baltimore County⁴, Maryland, 60 kilometers north of Washington.

　　Most of those buying tickets to the Mega Millions lottery Friday knew their chances of winning were slim.

　　"It's the idea of a dream," said Lottery ticket buyer Andy Morenstern.  "I think it's just another way of living the American dream.  To have a lottery available here like this is pretty amazing. And everybody thinks that, 'One day if I win the lottery, what will I do with it all?'"

　　For some lucky Americans, the time to answer that question for real is here.

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