2023-08-09 16:19:02
The American lottery “Mega Millions” announced on Tuesday August 8 that a player, originally from Florida (California), managed to win the jackpot of 1.58 billion dollars (about 1.44 billion euros). This is the third largest sum in the history of lotteries in the United States.
A sum that makes more than one dream. A lottery ticket, validated in Florida, brought its owner a jackpot of 1.58 billion dollars, equivalent to 1.44 billion euros, the American lottery “Mega Millions” announced on Tuesday August 8.
“After 31 draws without a winner, one lucky ticket holder in Florida will celebrate the summer of 2023 with a record jackpot, currently estimated at 1.58 billion,” the lottery wrote in a statement.
According >, the jackpot won is larger than the US lottery record won in 2018, which was $1.537 billion. It is also the third largest sum in the history of lotteries in the United States. In November 2022, a player in California had won $2.04 billion in the Powerball lottery.
The odds of winning the “Mega Millions” jackpot is one in 303 million, lower than that of being struck by lightning (one in a million), according to data from US health authorities.
The lucky winner, who has not been identified, can choose to cash in 783 million euros all at once or receive all of the winnings in annual payments spread over 30 years.
The ticket for this lottery, organized in almost all American states, costs 2 dollars.
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