“We can’t wait to find out who won and hope to congratulate the winner soon!” added Pat McDonald, a company official.
It’s one of the largest payouts in US lottery history: One winning ticket scooped Friday night’s jackpot worth more than $1.33 billion, organizers announced Saturday.
“Mega Millions players, check your tickets! We have a winner (…) in Illinois. Stay tuned for more details! ”, Announced on her Twitter account the person in charge of the lottery of this state, in the center-east of the country.
“We can’t wait to find out who won and look forward to congratulating the winner soon!” added Mega Millions official Pat McDonald in a press release.
The jackpot was initially estimated at $1.28 billion, but “the final value was higher than estimated” after real sales were computed, Mega Millions explained.
Friday’s $1.337 million represents what the lucky winner would get if they agreed to take the money in 30 years.
If, instead, he opted to receive his prize all at once, he would get “only” 780 million – part of which would then go in taxes, according to an estimate by Mega Millions.
The jackpot for this lottery had grown steadily for over three months. In 30 draws no one had matched all six numbers, so every week more people played with the hope of becoming rich.
The odds of winning this staggering sum were just one in almost 303 million.
The biggest win in the history of the game was 1,586 million dollars. It was delivered in January 2016 by the other great American lottery, the Powerball, but the prize was divided among three winners.
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