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Mega Millions Equals Mega Tax?<\/h2>\n

Taxes associated with Mega Millions<\/p>\n

An Iowa man says that a cashier's "mistake" led to him winning $1 million in the Iowa Mega Millions lottery.<\/p>\n

Josh Buster, 40, said that when he asked a West Burlington convenience store clerk for five easy-pick plays for Friday night's Mega Millions drawing, he initially received only one play from the lottery terminal.<\/p>\n

The clerk then asked Buster if the four other plays could be issued on a separate ticket.<\/p>\n

"I feel like that changed the numbers that I would have gotten if he had put them all on one instead of making that mistake," Buster said.<\/p>\n

HERE ARE SATURDAY'S WINNING POWERBALL NUMBERS<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Josh Buster, 40, said that when he asked a West Burlington convenience store clerk for five easy-pick plays for Friday night’s Mega Millions drawing, he initially received only one play from the lottery terminal.<\/span> (Iowa Lottery \/ Fox News)<\/span><\/p>\n

Buster said that he thought the whole thing was a mistake and had to Google the lottery numbers for himself after scanning the tickets on an app.<\/p>\n

"I don't usually have good luck, so I thought it was a mistake and there was going to be an error," he said. "So I Googled the lottery numbers to make sure I had the right ones, and I did! And then the rest of the day, I'm just waiting to wake up from a dream."<\/p>\n

UNCLAIMED WINNING POWERBALL TICKET WORTH $150,000 IS ABOUT TO EXPIRE<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Powerball and Mega Millions lottery tickets are displayed on January 3, 2018 in San Anselmo, California.\u00a0<\/span> (\u00a0Justin Sullivan\/Getty Images \/ Getty Images)<\/span><\/p>\n

Buster works as a prep chef at a Burlington, Iowa restaurant, and said that he's going to use the lottery winnings to pay off his car and his mother's mortgage, then put the rest in a retirement fund. <\/p>\n

"It will take away a lot of my stress in my life — no more of the financial worries," he said.<\/p>\n

CLICK HERE TO READ MORE ON FOX BUSINESS<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

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A customer purchases a Mega Millions lottery ticket at a 7-Eleven store in the Loop on January 22, 2021 in Chicago, Illinois.<\/span> ((Photo by Scott Olson\/Getty Images) \/ Getty Images)<\/span><\/p>\n

He came one number away from having a share of Friday's $20 million jackpot, but missed the Mega Ball.<\/p>\n

After taxes, Buster will take home $710,000, according to the Iowa Lottery.<\/p>\n

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