Albany and Portland stores sell $11.1M Megabucks jackpot winners after 8-month drought

SALEM, Ore. — For months, no tickets matched the winning numbers for Oregon’s Game Megabucks and the jackpot continued to build to $11.1 million. But on April 13, after eight months without a win, two tickets matched all six numbers.

One ticket was sold at US Market 180, located at 1709 Hill Street SE in Albany. It’s the first jackpot win for co-owners Rupinder Kaur and Parveen Sidhu, who earn a bonus check of $56,000 for selling the winning ticket.

Kaur said her daughter works in the store and sold the winning ticket to one of their regular customers, who was excited about the big win…

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