A Texas Mega Millions player has won one estimated price of 800 million dollarsaccording to the lottery game.
The player, who has not been identified, was the first person to match all six numbers drawn since June. The winning ticket was sold at a Murphy USA convenience store and gas station in Sugar Land, Texas. The player chose a quick pick ticket, where a computer picks the numbers.
The winning numbers were white balls 1, 2, 16, 24 and 66, and the golden Mega Ball 6.
It is only the third Mega Millions jackpot win of 2024. A New Jersey player won $1.128 billion in March, and a Illinois players took home $552 million in June.
The Texas player can take home either a cash sum of about $404.2 million, or collect a larger amount over several years. The Mega Millions game did not clarify how much the latter option would earn the winner.
This is the 15th Mega Millions jackpot won in Texas, according to the lottery game.
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The grand prize of $800 million is not the only sum awarded. Four lottery tickets matched the five white numbers drawn. Each of these players wins the game’s second level of $1 million. Each second class winner bought their ticket in a different state, with winning tickets sold in California, Florida, New York and Washington.
Another 47 players took home the game’s third level to match four white balls and the Mega Ball. Ten of those players had paid an extra $1 to add a Megaplier to their ticket, so they won $40,000. The remaining 37 players will take home $10,000 each.
The next Mega Millions drawing will be Friday, September 13. The prize will be reset to its current starting value of $20 million, the lottery said.
Friday the 13th may seem like an unlucky day, but seven Mega Millions jackpots have been won on the date, according to the lottery game. It includes a massive Prize of $1.348 billion won in Maine is Jan. 13, 2023.