Tuesday night’s record estimated $1.58 billion Mega Millions jackpot is going home after a winning ticket was purchased. This marks the third-largest winning in U.S. lottery history.
A single winning ticket was sold for Tuesday night's record estimated $1.58 billion Mega Millions jackpot, lottery officials said. It was purchased at a Publix supermarket in Neptune Beach, Florida. Neptune Beach is on the Atlantic coast, near Jacksonville. The winning numbers were 13, 19, 20, 32, 33, and a Mega Ball of 14. The winner has the choice of taking an estimated lump sum payment of $783.3 million before taxes or going with the annuity option.
The jackpot had been growing since it was last won in New York in mid-April. Since then, 31 drawings were held without anyone matching all six numbers. That changed in the 32nd., it was apparently the third biggest in U.S. lottery history. In February, a winning ticket sold at a gas station near Los Angeles claimed a $2.04 billion Powerball jackpot,
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