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(NewsNation) — Someone is $1.22 cardinal richer aft buying the winning Mega Millions lottery summons successful Cottonwood, California, Friday night.
After nary players won Christmas Eve, the Mega Millions lottery jackpot ballooned to its fifth-largest total. The past clip idiosyncratic won the crippled was Sept. 10.
Although the likelihood of winning are 1 successful 302.6 million, idiosyncratic played the close numbers: 3, 7, 37, 49, 55. The Mega Ball was 6.
The winner's individuality is not instantly known.
This is lone the seventh clip successful Mega Millions lotto past that the winning cookware has reached the billion-dollar threshold. The largest ever Mega Millions prize was $1.602 billion, won successful August 2023 by a subordinate successful Neptune Beach, Florida.
Friday night's victor tin opt for a currency payout, which would beryllium an estimated $549.7 million, oregon an annuity paid implicit 29 years.
The past Mega Millions drafting of the twelvemonth volition beryllium Tuesday, Dec. 31, reset to its starting worth of $20 million. No 1 has ever won the jackpot connected New Year's Eve.
