A single ticket sold in California won Friday's $1.22 billion Mega Millions jackpot, the lottery announced Saturday morning.
A single ticket sold in California won Friday's $1.22 billion Mega Millions jackpot, the lottery announced Saturday morning. The winning ticket, sold in Shasta County, matched all six numbers in Friday night's draw. It came from the Circle K at 3505 Rhonda Road in Cottonwood. This was the fifth-largest winning sum in the government-run game's history. The jackpot had been growing for more than three months. The last time someone had hit the jackpot was on Sept.
10 after a player in Texas won $800 million. The $1 billion prize was for the sole winner who chooses to be paid through an annuity with 30 annual payments. Winners almost always prefer the cash option, which for Friday night's drawing would be an estimated $549.7 million. Mega Millions is played in 45 states, D.C. and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Drawings are every Tuesday and Friday at 11 p.m. ET. Forty-five states plus Washington, D.C., participate in the Mega Millions drawings.
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