Sandy Bressner - sbressner@shawmedia.com&lt;br /&gt;
Sammy Ortegon of St. Charles buys a Mega Millions ticket from Steve Davison at Davison's 7-Eleven in St. Charles Thursday afternoon. The odds of winning the jackpot are about one in 176 million. The winning ticket must match the five numbers drawn, plus the Megaball number.