The jackpot was the second largest in Mega Millions history and the fourth time the game has had a billion-dollar win.
matched all six numbers in Friday night's drawing. The winning numbers were 61, 30, 45, 46, and 43, with a Megaball of 14.
The lucky winner, whose name is not yet known, overcame steep odds of 1 in 302.6 million, which led to three months of drawings without a claim on the jackpot.Sign up for NECN newsletters.
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