Pasqua purchased the ticket at the Mobil Mart at 657 North Avenue in New Rochelle, near Iona College forthe drawing held on Friday, January 26th.
Mega Millions drawings are held Tuesday and Friday at 11:00 pm ET. Five balls are drawn from a set of balls numbered 1 through 75; one ball is drawn from a set of balls numbered 1 through 15. A ticket is a winner if the numbers on one row of your ticket match the numbers of the balls drawn on that date. There are nine ways to win a prize, from $1 to the jackpot. If no one wins the jackpot, the money is added to the jackpot for the next drawing. Overall chances of winning a prize are 1 in 15.
There was one grand prize winner, a prize worth $270,000,000.
Pasqua held one of two tikets that matched the first five numbers 26 32 44 45 58, a prize worth $1,000,000.
Pasqua, who works at the Isaac E. Young Middle School, took the cash payout worth $603,000
Winning Numbers Drawn on 1/16/2015: