Mega vacation winnings.
A Mega Tens of millions participant in California gained the estimated $1.22 billion jackpot Friday evening — ending the lottery’s three-month drought with no grand prize winner.
The successful numbers had been 3, 7, 37, 49, 55, and the gold Mega ball of 6.
The ultra-lucky ticketholder matched all six numbers, defeating the 1 in 302,575,350 odds of successful the grand prize.
The ticket was offered at a Sunshine Meals and Gasoline station in Cottonwood, positioned in northern California.
The brand new billionaire can declare the estimated $1.22 billion in annual payouts or select the one-time money payout of roughly $549.7 million.
It’s the fifth time a Mega Tens of millions ticket holder has gained the jackpot in 2024. A jackpot-winning ticket price $800 million was offered on the Murphy Categorical in Sugar Land, Texas on Sept. 10.
The Sol Residing Belief claimed the prize and selected the money payout price $409.3 million, the Texas lottery introduced in October.
The $1.22 billion successful is the fifth largest in Mega Tens of millions historical past, beating out the $1.12 billion drawn on March 26, 2024, at a ShopRite in Neptune, New Jersey.
The winner of the now sixth-largest jackpot in Mega Tens of millions historical past got here ahead and submitted their $1.128 billion ticket on Monday to begin the gathering course of — 9 months after the drawing.
The Monmouth County ShopRite offered the massive winner that matched lotto numbers 7, 11, 22, 29 and 38 — in addition to the Gold Mega Ball quantity 4 and multiplier variety of 2.
New Jersey state lottery legislation permits the winner to stay publically nameless.
Friday’s winner might be one of many final earlier than the lottery recreation undergoes a “mega overhaul” subsequent spring.
Mega Tens of millions introduced in October that it is going to be eliminating the $2 lottery tickets and growing the costs to $5 per ticket. The brand new price is predicted to function greater money prizes starting in April.
