A lottery ticket was acquired at a gas station in Cottonwood, located nearly 130 miles north of Sacramento, according to Mega Millions. Have you ever tried your luck in the lottery?
Tl;dr
- A lottery ticket purchased in California is worth $1.22 billion.
- This is the fifth largest jackpot in the history of American lotteries.
- The identity of the winner remains unknown.
A historic win in the American lottery
An exceptional event in the history of gambling, a lottery ticket with an incredible value of $1.22 billion (or approximately 1.17 billion euros) was sold in California. The ticket was acquired at a gas station in the town of Cottonwood, located about 130 miles north of Sacramento.
A still mysterious winner
“It is unclear whether the winner knows they have the jackpot ticket and whether they will claim their prize. » said the organizer of the lottery, Mega Millions. The six winning numbers revealed are: 3, 7, 37, 49, 55 and 6. The identity of the lucky person remains unknown for the moment.
A choice for the winner to make
The holder of the precious ticket has two options to recover his winnings. He can either opt for a annual payment over 30 yearsand thus receive the entire sum of 1.22 billion dollars, or choose a one-time cash payment of 549.7 million dollars (527 million euros) before taxes.
A historic jackpot
This post represents the fifth largest jackpot in American lottery history. The current record is held by a ticket worth 2.04 billion dollars (1.956 billion euros), also sold in California. Note that Mega Millions, the organizer of this lottery, sells tickets in 45 American states.
