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Illinois is among the states where winners of more than $250,000 can choose to not reveal their names and Camelot Illinois spokeswoman Emilia Mazur said the vast majority of those winners do just that.Įven lottery officials may not know for a while who won because winners don't have to come forward straight away. The game is coordinated by state lotteries. Mega Millions is played in 45 states as well as Washington, D.C., and the U.S. A clerk at the Speedway store who answered the phone but declined to give his name, said the store has not been officially notified officially that it sold the winning ticket and that he learned about it from reporters calling for comment. The odds of winning the jackpot are 1 in 302.5 million.Īccording to the Illinois Lottery, the store that sold the ticket is a pretty big winner, too it will receive half a million dollars just for selling the ticket. National All your pressing Mega Millions questions, answered Earlier, Illinois Lottery officials had estimated the winning take at $1.28 billion. Most winners opt for the cash option, which for Friday night's drawing was an estimated $780.5 million. The $1.337 billion prize is for winners who choose the annuity option, paid annually over 29 years. That's 29 consecutive draws without a jackpot winner. It grew so large because no one had matched the game's six selected numbers since April 15. The jackpot was the nation's third-largest lottery prize. "We're eager to find out who won and look forward to congratulating the winner soon!" "We are thrilled to have witnessed one of the biggest jackpot wins in Mega Millions history," Ohio Lottery Director Pat McDonald, the current Lead Director for the Mega Millions Consortium, said in a statement on the lottery's website. Mega Millions can be played in 45 states, as well as the District of Columbia and the Virgin Islands.A ticket bought in Illinois has the winning numbers for the Mega Millions jackpot, which reached $1.337 billion.ĬHICAGO - Someone in a Chicago suburb beat the odds and won a $1.337 billion Mega Millions jackpot.Īccording to, there was one jackpot-winning ticket in the draw Friday night, and it was bought at a Speedway gas station and convenience store in Des Plaines. Those who opt for the annuity receive one immediate payment, followed by 29 annual payments that increase by 5% each year. Mega Millions jackpot winners can receive their grand prize winnings through a one-time lump sum payment or an annuity. At the time, the winning numbers were 18, 30, 43, 68, 69. The ticket matched all five white balls but missed the gold Mega Ball.

The winning ticket was purchased at the Broadway Newsstand in Inwood for the Sept. The latest jackpot comes as a $1 million winning ticket is set to expire in New York City next month.

The remaining Mega Millions wins from the night ranged between $2 and $2,000.
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Meanwhile, three players hit the Match 4 plus gold Mega Ball with the Megaplier, winning $40,000 apiece. There were 14 players who hit the Match 4 plus gold Mega Ball and won $10,000 each. If the player had hit the Match 5 and the Megaplier, they would have won $4 million. 23.įollowing the Friday night drawing, a player from Iowa hit the Match 5, winning $1 million. The next jackpot drawing will take place on Tuesday, Aug. Since the latest Mega Millions grand prize went unclaimed, the jackpot will grow to $116 million with a cash value of $65.6 million.
