A lucky ticket holder matched all six numbers Friday — snapping up an estimated $1.35 billion Mega Thousands and thousands prize.
The winning numbers drawn late Friday night were: 30, 43, 45, 46, 61 and gold Mega Ball 14.
The front page of the Mega Thousands and thousands website states there was a winner of the jackpot in Maine, who overcame steep odds that led to a few months of drawings and not using a winner.
The location also says the subsequent grand prize will probably be for $20 million and the money option will probably be $10.7 million, indicating there was a winner of the estimated $1.35 billion prize.
Mega Thousands and thousands officials didn’t immediately release a press release in regards to the jackpot winner.
The $1.35 billion grand prize is for a winner who takes an annuity with annual payments over 29 years. Winners almost at all times select the money option, which for Friday night’s drawing was an estimated $724.6 million.
There had been 25 straight drawings and not using a jackpot winner, but that string of lottery losing ended with someone beating the chances of 1 in 302.6 million to win the highest prize.
The jackpot is the fourth-largest in US history.
Mega Thousands and thousands is played in 45 states in addition to Washington, D.C., and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
With Post wires
A lucky ticket holder matched all six numbers Friday — snapping up an estimated $1.35 billion Mega Thousands and thousands prize.
The winning numbers drawn late Friday night were: 30, 43, 45, 46, 61 and gold Mega Ball 14.
The front page of the Mega Thousands and thousands website states there was a winner of the jackpot in Maine, who overcame steep odds that led to a few months of drawings and not using a winner.
The location also says the subsequent grand prize will probably be for $20 million and the money option will probably be $10.7 million, indicating there was a winner of the estimated $1.35 billion prize.
Mega Thousands and thousands officials didn’t immediately release a press release in regards to the jackpot winner.
The $1.35 billion grand prize is for a winner who takes an annuity with annual payments over 29 years. Winners almost at all times select the money option, which for Friday night’s drawing was an estimated $724.6 million.
There had been 25 straight drawings and not using a jackpot winner, but that string of lottery losing ended with someone beating the chances of 1 in 302.6 million to win the highest prize.
The jackpot is the fourth-largest in US history.
Mega Thousands and thousands is played in 45 states in addition to Washington, D.C., and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
With Post wires
