Mega Millions

One lucky Floridian became an overnight millionaire after matching five numbers in the Mega Millions drawing on Friday night.

The largest Mega Millions jackpot in October 2018 was $1.53 billion claimed by a single ticket holder in South Carolina. The jackpot was the second largest in Mega Millions history and the fourth time the game has had a billion-dollar win. In Florida, a ticket worth $1 million was sold in Pinellas County at a Wawa in Largo, according to the Florida Lottery.

The winner, whose name is not yet known, overcame steep odds of 1 in 302.6 million, which led to three months of drawings without a claim on the jackpot.

The largest Mega Millions jackpot in October 2018 was $1.53 billion claimed by a single ticket holder in South Carolina. Most jackpot recipients prefer the reduced but quicker cash option, which for Friday night's drawing was an estimated $724.6 million. Beyond Maine's jackpot, 14 tickets matched five white balls to claim the second-tier prize of $1 million. The jackpot was the second largest in Mega Millions history and the fourth time the game has had a billion-dollar win. DES MOINES, Iowa — Maine scored its first Mega Millions jackpot — and someone beat the ill fortune of Friday the 13th — when a ticket purchased in the state matched the winning numbers for the lottery's estimated $1.35 billion grand prize. A winning ticket for the $1.35 billion Mega Millions jackpot was sold in Maine

WASHINGTON, Jan 14 (Reuters) - A single winning ticket for a Mega Millions lottery jackpot of. at least $1.35 billion, the second largest jackpot in U.S. ...

In addition to the jackpot-winning ticket, fourteen tickets matched all five numbers to win the game's second-tier prize of $1 million. "It's the fourth billion-dollar jackpot in Mega Millions history." It is the second largest in the 20-year history of the game, topped only by the $1.537 billion won in South Carolina in October 2018.

The odds of winning the Mega Millions are roughly 1 in 302 million, although the lottery said the Friday the 13th drawing date has proven successful in the ...

Another 164 matched four of the white balls plus the gold ball, enough for $10,000, or $20,000 if the winners opted for the lottery multiplier, a $1 add-on to their purchase. Fourteen of them matched all five white balls but not the gold ball, giving ticket holders a second-place $1 million prize. [jumped](https://www.forbes.com/sites/roberthart/2023/01/11/unlucky-for-some-mega-millions-jackpot-swells-to-135-billion-for-friday-13th-draw-heres-the-tax-bill-if-you-win/?sh=6b14f7041d3a) from $1.1 billion this week after no ticket matched the six numbers needed to win in the previous drawing Tuesday night, following 24 unlucky drawings beginning in October. The biggest came in October, 2018, when a single ticket in South Carolina matched the six numbers for a $1.537 billion jackpot. Friday’s jackpot was also the second biggest Mega Millions jackpot of all time. The grand prize on Friday narrowly edged out a $1.337 billion Mega Millions jackpot last summer for the fourth spot on the list of biggest of all time, but falls short of the [$2.04 billion Powerball](https://www.forbes.com/sites/brianbushard/2022/11/08/powerball-one-winner-in-california-claims-record-204-billion-prize-heres-how-much-theyll-take-home-after-taxes/?sh=e54bd9215060) won last November by a single winner in California—the biggest ever.

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Prize was second largest in Mega Millions history and the fourth time the game has had a billion-dollar win.

The jackpot in this game was won in October 2018 – $1.53 billion claimed by a single ticket holder in South Carolina. The jackpot was the second largest in Mega Millions history and the fourth time the game has had a billion-dollar win. “Congratulations to the Maine state lottery, which has just won its first-ever Mega Millions jackpot,” Pat McDonald, Ohio lottery director and lead director of the Mega Millions Consortium, said in a statement early Saturday.

One ticket sold in Maine beat the eerie odds of Friday the 13th and is set to claim the Mega Millions jackpot of about $1.35 billion, the lottery said.

Mega Millions is played in 45 states, along with the District of Columbia and the US Virgin Islands. “It’s the fourth billion-dollar jackpot in Mega Millions history.” The jackpot amount rose over roughly the past three months, eventually exceeding the remarkable billion-dollar figure.

A single winning ticket for a Mega Millions lottery jackpot of at least $1.35 billion, the second largest jackpot in U.S. history, was sold in Maine, ...

WASHINGTON — A single winning ticket for a Mega Millions lottery jackpot of at least $1.35 billion, the second largest jackpot in U.S. history, was sold in…

The jackpot had been rolling since it was last won on October 14, when a $502 million prize was shared by winning tickets in California and Florida. “This is a small rural town in southern Maine,” Fred Cotreau, the owner of Hometown Gas & Grill told Reuters. “It’s the fourth billion-dollar jackpot in Mega Millions history.”