The game is coordinated by state lotteries. Mega Millions is played in 45 states as well as Washington, D.C., and the U.S. A clerk at the Speedway store who answered the phone but declined to give his name, said the store has not been officially notified officially that it sold the winning ticket and that he learned about it from reporters calling for comment. The odds of winning the jackpot are 1 in 302.5 million.Īccording to the Illinois Lottery, the store that sold the ticket is a pretty big winner, too it will receive half a million dollars just for selling the ticket. Earlier, Illinois Lottery officials had estimated the winning take at $1.28 billion. Most winners opt for the cash option, which for Friday night’s drawing was an estimated $780.5 million. The $1.28 billion prize is for winners who choose the annuity option, paid annually over 29 years. ![]() That’s 29 consecutive draws without a jackpot winner. It grew so large because no one had matched the game’s six selected numbers since April 15. ![]() ![]() The jackpot was the nation’s third-largest lottery prize. “We’re eager to find out who won and look forward to congratulating the winner soon!” “We are thrilled to have witnessed one of the biggest jackpot wins in Mega Millions history,” Ohio Lottery Director Pat McDonald, the current Lead Director for the Mega Millions Consortium, said in a statement on the lottery’s website.
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