The jackpot has now been reset to the default $20 million. (representative picture)
A mysterious man in New Jersey, USA, has won a Mega Millions jackpot worth $1.13 billion, game officials said.according to nbc news, lottery officials announced that one ticket matched all six numbers drawn Tuesday. It was the fifth-largest jackpot ever won by a Mega Millions player and the first time this year that a ticket matched all the numbers needed to win the jackpot. The jackpot is also expected to be the eighth largest in U.S. lottery history, the outlet reported.
The mystery jackpot winner can now choose to receive the cash as a lump sum or to pay their prize in annual installments over 30 years.The one-time payment from Tuesday night’s drawing was estimated at $537.5 million before taxes NBC News.
The Mega Millions jackpot hasn’t had a winner in more than three months, and before Tuesday night’s big winner, there had been 30 consecutive drawings without a winner. The last time someone won the game was in December, when two winning tickets were sold at the same gas station in Los Angeles, splitting the $394 million prize.
The jackpot has now been reset to the default $20 million.
It’s worth noting that the Mega Millions drawings take place on Tuesday and Friday nights, while the Powerball drawings take place on Monday, Wednesday and Saturday nights.According to statistics, the odds of winning the Mega Millions prize are 1 in 24, but the odds of winning the jackpot are only 1 in 302,575,350 cbs news.
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The next big U.S. lottery drawing will be held on Wednesday night, with the Powerball jackpot expected to be $865 million. No one has won the award since New Year’s Day, leaving 36 works without a winner.
Meanwhile, March is a very good month for lottery winners. A lucky man from Wayne County, Michigan, has won a $110,000 Fantasy 5 Double Play lottery jackpot for the second time in just six months.
The 59-year-old winner, who chose to remain anonymous, purchased the winning ticket for the Feb. 11 drawing at a BP gas station on West 9 Mile Road in Southfield. Interestingly, this is not his first encounter with the lottery. He previously won the exact same jackpot amount using the same set of numbers (02-06-11-20-23) in the Fantasy 5 Double Play drawing on August 31, 2023.
