Washington: The lucky winner of this year’s jackpot in America’s largest lottery will receive a prize of 1 billion 28 million dollars.
According to the details, a prize of one billion 28 million dollars was won in the largest lottery in the United States. This jackpot ticket was sold in the state of Illinois.
of a foreign news agency According to the report The prize money of 1 billion 28 million dollars has been won in the US mega million jackpot, breaking all previous records.
According to the American news agency Associated Press, the winning lottery ticket was purchased in the state of Illinois on Friday night.
The jackpot is the third largest lottery prize in the United States, the jackpot was so large because no ticket had matched the game’s six selected numbers since April 2015.
In the last 29 draws, no ticket has managed to win the jackpot.
This amount of 1.28 billion dollars is for the winners who take the option to receive the money on an annual basis for a period of 29 years.
Several winners opted for the cash option, after which the amount was reduced to $74.72 million. The odds of winning the jackpot are one in 302.5 million tickets.
Mega Millions is played in 45 states, including Washington DC and the US Virgin Islands. The jackpot is coordinated by state lotteries.