Mega Millions mania has plunged a Maryland McDonalds into a bubbling cauldron of controversy hotter than a deep-fried apple pie.

Workers at the fast-food joint who pooled their cash for tickets are furious at a colleague who claims she won with a ticket she bought for herself and has no intention of sharing.

We had a group plan, but I went and played by myself. [The winning ticket] wasnt on the group plan, McDonalds winner Mirlande Wilson 37, told The Post yesterday, insisting she alone bought one of the three tickets nationwide that will split a record $656 million payout.

I was in the group, but this was separate. The winning ticket was a separate ticket, the single mother of seven said as she and her fianc left her home in the squalid Westport neighborhood to attend church.

The Haitian immigrant refused to show what she said was the winning ticket, claiming she had it hidden in another location and would present it to lottery officials today.

Pressed as the day went on, she became more cagey.

I dont know if I won. Some of the numbers were familiar. I recognized some of [them], she said. I dont know why people are saying differently. Im going to go to the lottery office [today]. I bought some tickets separately.

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