
A single ticket bought in California received Friday’s $1.22 billion Mega Tens of millions jackpot, the lottery introduced Saturday morning.
The successful ticket was bought at a Circle Okay comfort retailer at 3505 Rhonda Street in Cottonwood, California, the California Lottery posted on X.
#BreakingNews – #JACKPOT in California! A really fortunate #MegaMillions ticket bought in Shasta County has hit the large one, matching all six numbers in tonight’s draw. It got here from the Circle Okay at 3505 Rhonda Street in Cottonwood.https://t.co/YvOE03KbNM
— CA Lottery Press (@calotterypress) December 28, 2024
The numbers drawn for Friday evening’s jackpot had been 3, 7, 37, 49, 55 and a MegaBall of 6 and a MegaPlier of 3x. This was the fifth-largest successful sum within the government-run sport’s historical past.
The jackpot had been rising for greater than three months. The final time somebody had hit the jackpot was on Sept. 10 after a participant in Texas received $800 million.
The $1 billion prize was for the only winner who chooses to be paid by an annuity with 30 annual funds. Winners virtually all the time choose the money choice, which for Friday evening’s drawing can be an estimated $549.7 million.
The Mega Tens of millions is performed in 45 states, D.C. and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Drawings are each Tuesday and Friday at 11 p.m. ET.
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Forty-five states plus Washington, D.C., take part within the Mega Tens of millions drawings. Discover out which state has hit the jackpot essentially the most and what numbers appear to return up most frequently.