A Palo man who bought a Mega Millions ticket at a Cedar Rapids convenience store has won $1 million.

Ken Booth had the only winning ticket in the nationwide drawing Tuesday. Iowa Lottery officials are announcing today.

This the sixth lottery prize of at least $1 million won in Iowa this year and the third recent $1 million prize won by lottery players in the Cedar Rapids area.

The $1 million-winning ticket was sold at Casey’s, 3625 Edgewood Rd. SW. The ticket originally matched the first five numbers but missed the Mega Ball to win a $250,000 prize in Tuesday’s drawing. But the player who purchased the ticket also added the Megaplier® option to the winning play, which multiplied the prize to $1 million.

If your ticket matches the first five numbers in a Mega Millions drawing and you’ve added the Megaplier, the prize you’ll win is always $1 million, no matter what the Megaplier number is for that drawing.

The winning numbers in Tuesday’s $24 million Mega Millions jackpot drawing were: 3-9-11-44-49 and Mega Ball 9. The Megaplier® number was 4.

Players can multiply their prizes (except the jackpot) with the Megaplier. The cost is $1 per play. No one won the jackpot in Tuesday’s Mega Millions drawing, so it climbs to an estimated $33 million for Friday’s drawing.

The Cedar Rapids area’s other recent $1 million prize winners were Eric Shaffer of Marion, who won a $1 million prize in March with a Powerball ticket he purchased while stopping for a soda and newspaper at a Cedar Rapids convenience store; and Susan and Clyde Hendricks of Marion, who won a $1 million Powerball prize in December 2008 with a ticket they purchased in Swisher while out looking at holiday lights with friends.

Since the Iowa Lottery’s start in 1985, its players have won more than $2.7 billion in prizes while the lottery has raised more than $1.3 billion for state programs.

Today, lottery proceeds in Iowa have three main purposes: They provide support for veterans, help for a variety of significant projects through the state General Fund, and backing for the Vision Iowa program, which was implemented to create tourism destinations and community attractions in the state and build and repair schools.