DES MOINES: Lottery officials say any individual has won the file $1.6 billion Mega Millions jackpot.
Mega Millions officials mentioned a ticket bought in South Carolina suits all six numbers in Tuesday night's drawing. The massive jackpot is the arena's biggest ever lottery grand prize.
And it's possible that the arena will never know the winner.
South Carolina is one in every of 8 states — along side Delaware, Georgia, Kansas, Maryland, North Dakota, Ohio and Texas — the place winners can remain anonymous.
The $1.6 billion prize displays the annuity choice, paid over 29 years. However, just about all winners take the money choice, which for Tuesday's drawing was once an estimated $913 million.
The profitable numbers were 5, 28, 62, 65, 70 and Mega Ball 5. No details on the place the profitable ticket was once sold were in an instant available. But the lucky participant overcame miserable odds: The chance of matching all six numbers and profitable the highest prize is 1 in 302.5 million.
Mega Millions is played in 44 states as well as Washington, DC, and america Virgin Islands.
It might be days or weeks sooner than a winner steps forward to say the prize.
Lottery officials and monetary managers encourage folks to take time to map out a method for investing their hundreds of thousands and thousands of greenbacks, and winners must deal with safety concerns befitting any individual who is immensely wealthy. Depending at the state, winners have from 180 days to a 12 months to say their prize.
The Mega Millions jackpot grew so large because it had been just about three months since a participant had matched all six numbers and won the highest prize. The last time that happened was once July 24, when 11 co-workers from California won a $543 million prize.
Although Tuesday's jackpot was once extremely large, it's no fluke. It displays a trend towards ever-growing lottery prizes because of adjustments in the recreation that worsened the percentages with hopes that bigger jackpots would result in better gross sales.
Officials with the Powerball recreation were the first to make that move in October 2015 when changing the percentages of profitable the jackpot from 1 in 175 million to one in 292.2 million. Mega Millions followed suit in October 2017, resulting in the odds worsening from 1 in 259 million to one in 302.5 million.
While maximum attention has been at the Mega Millions recreation, Powerball additionally has been soaring. The estimated prize for Powerball's annuity choice in Wednesday night's drawing is $620 million, with a money prize of $354.3 million.
Mega Millions officials mentioned a ticket bought in South Carolina suits all six numbers in Tuesday night's drawing. The massive jackpot is the arena's biggest ever lottery grand prize.
And it's possible that the arena will never know the winner.
South Carolina is one in every of 8 states — along side Delaware, Georgia, Kansas, Maryland, North Dakota, Ohio and Texas — the place winners can remain anonymous.
The $1.6 billion prize displays the annuity choice, paid over 29 years. However, just about all winners take the money choice, which for Tuesday's drawing was once an estimated $913 million.
The profitable numbers were 5, 28, 62, 65, 70 and Mega Ball 5. No details on the place the profitable ticket was once sold were in an instant available. But the lucky participant overcame miserable odds: The chance of matching all six numbers and profitable the highest prize is 1 in 302.5 million.
Mega Millions is played in 44 states as well as Washington, DC, and america Virgin Islands.
It might be days or weeks sooner than a winner steps forward to say the prize.
Lottery officials and monetary managers encourage folks to take time to map out a method for investing their hundreds of thousands and thousands of greenbacks, and winners must deal with safety concerns befitting any individual who is immensely wealthy. Depending at the state, winners have from 180 days to a 12 months to say their prize.
The Mega Millions jackpot grew so large because it had been just about three months since a participant had matched all six numbers and won the highest prize. The last time that happened was once July 24, when 11 co-workers from California won a $543 million prize.
Although Tuesday's jackpot was once extremely large, it's no fluke. It displays a trend towards ever-growing lottery prizes because of adjustments in the recreation that worsened the percentages with hopes that bigger jackpots would result in better gross sales.
Officials with the Powerball recreation were the first to make that move in October 2015 when changing the percentages of profitable the jackpot from 1 in 175 million to one in 292.2 million. Mega Millions followed suit in October 2017, resulting in the odds worsening from 1 in 259 million to one in 302.5 million.
While maximum attention has been at the Mega Millions recreation, Powerball additionally has been soaring. The estimated prize for Powerball's annuity choice in Wednesday night's drawing is $620 million, with a money prize of $354.3 million.
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