Illinois Moto Mart store manager Denise Metzger looks at an oversized check given to her by lottery officials Saturday morning in Red Bud, Ill. They visited the convenience store in this town of about 3,700 residents to verify her store had indeed sold one of the three winning Mega Millions lottery tickets. The jackpot of $640 million established a new record, and may grow slightly larger as late ticket purchases are added in to the total. The oversize check Metzger holds shows the amount each of the winners could get after the three-way split from Friday night's Mega Millions drawing. The other winning tickets were sold in Maryland and Kansas. (ASSOCIATED PRESS / Belleville News-Democrat, Tim Vizer)
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