New Year’s cleaning leads to $1 million find! Drawing Date: 7/18/2023 January 8, 2024 - A man from Woonsocket, R.I., was organizing his desk on New Year’s Day and found a Mega Millions® ticket from July 18, 2023. When he checked the ticket, he realized he was holding onto a $1 million winner! He purchased the ticket at Mobil, 3 Pine Swamp Rd., Cumberland, and said the money will help him to retire. The Rhode Island player’s winning second-tier prize was one of eight won across the country in the July 18 Mega Millions drawing, as the jackpot was growing to an eventual new game record of $1.6 billion on August 8.