Someone hit a jackpot in Tuesday’s national Mega Millions drawing with a $2 ticket bought at a convenience store near Lake Wylie, but do they know it.

No one immediately claimed the $1 million prize, according to a news release by the N.C. Education Lottery on Wednesday.

The winner bought the ticket at Lake Wylie Mini Mart on Union Road in southern Gaston County, officials said. The store is near South Carolina.

The ticket matched all five white balls, 2, 31, 32, 37 and 70, beating odds of 1 in 12.6 million, according to the Mega Millions page on the state lottery website.

The player was among four $1 million winners nationally in the drawing, officials said.

Other players won large prizes in the drawing with tickets bought elsewhere in the state, including two $30,000 prizes in Smithfield and New Bern.

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