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- A winning ticket for the $1.22 billion Mega Millions jackpot was sold in California. Here’s what we know. (newsbreak.com)
A fortunate California resident has struck it rich by winning the $1.22 billion Mega Millions jackpot. The winning ticket was purchased at Sunshine Food and Gas in Cottonwood, marking California as the lucky state for this historic win.
The winning numbers are: 3, 7, 37, 49, 55, and the Mega Ball number is 6. The winner’s identity remains unknown.
This massive jackpot is the fifth-largest in Mega Millions history, and California has a knack for these big wins. In 2022, the state saw a $2.04 billion Powerball winner and a $1.765 billion Powerball winner.
The lucky winner has two options: take a one-time cash payment of approximately $549.7 million or receive the full jackpot paid over 30 years.
The Mega Millions jackpot has been reset to $20 million ahead of the New Year’s Eve drawing. While the odds of winning the jackpot are slim at one in 302,575,350, the dream of becoming a billionaire is alive and well in California.