Mega Millions $714M; CT ticket nets $2M; UK Lotto delayed rollover

A Mega Millions player who bought a ticket in Connecticut matched five of the six winning numbers in the Oct. 24 drawing and, with a 2X multiplier, won a $2 million prize, officials said, while the jackpot continued to roll to an estimated $714 million for the next drawing. Overnight in Britain, the National Lottery paused its live Lotto broadcast after a technical fault prevented the bonus ball from dropping, delaying confirmation of a quadruple rollover jackpot worth 10.5 million pounds until the draw could be completed under supervised conditions.

Mega Millions officials posted the winning numbers for the Oct. 24 drawing as 11, 18, 31, 51 and 56, with Mega Ball 24. The Connecticut ticket matched the five white balls but not the Mega Ball and, because the player had opted for the Megaplier feature with a 2X multiplier, received $2 million. No ticket matched all six numbers, leaving the jackpot to increase to an estimated $714 million with a cash option of about $334.1 million for the Oct. 28 drawing. Nationwide, hundreds of thousands of players won smaller prizes; lottery organizers reported roughly 482,000 winners across lower prize tiers and total payouts of more than $11...