Des Moines, IA (AP) - The big winner in Iowa from last week's $640 million Mega Million jackpot was the state treasury.

Although a winning ticket wasn't sold in Iowa, the surge in ticket sales paid off for the state.

From the last Mega Millions jackpot on Jan. 24 to Friday night's drawing, The Des Moines Register reports the Iowa Lottery sold nearly $9.7 million in tickets.

The Iowa treasury will receive about $3.4 million in profits from the sales.

Iowa Lottery head Terry Rich say that between 4 and 5 p.m. Friday, tickets were being sold in the state at about 6,000 a minute.

Winning Mega Millions tickets were sold in Illinois, Kansas and Maryland.

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