Everything is larger in Texas, and so are the lottery jackpots. A ticket which was bought at one of the gas stations around Houston has won the Mega millions jackpot which is absolutely huge at a staggering amount of eight hundred million dollars today. This win comes after a long drought of over 20 draw with no jackpot to be claimed.
Winning details
The ticket was purchased by the luckiest player in Murphy USA 8848 which is located on 90A SUGAR LAND, TX. The numbers for the jackpot were 4, 12, 29, 34, and 57; the Mega Ball was 8 and the MPS was also a Mega Ball. The store is also entitled to $1 million for selling the winning ticket.
Jackpot breakdown
The winner can pick either annuity installments over 30 years amounting to 800 million or to take a lump sum option of 404.2 million cash immediately. It is against the law in Texas state for a certain prize above a million dollars winner to be shown in public.
Recent wins and odds
This is the 15th Mega jackpots claimed with the last one claiming in Texas and the first win since blue yucca trust won 361 million dollar prize on October 6, 2023. The winning odds on the mega millions jackpot also stands at one winner out of three hundred two million five hundred and seventy-five thousand three hundred and fifty.
Additional winning players
In addition to the winners mentioned above, four more people won prizes of $1 million each by matching five white balls. These tickets were issued in New York, California, Florida and Washington States. In New York, the ticket was bought from Gulf Express, a place situated in New Windsor, 15miles away from west point.
Future drawing
The next Mega Million drawing is your next chance to win a 20 million dollar in january 13 July 2007, as the jackpot will be drawn again on this day. In What State Was The World’s Largest Mega Millions Jackpot Won? The world’s largest jackpot of 1.62 billion dollars was won at Publix supermarket in Neptune beach Florida in August 2023. The winning ticket was claimed by Saltines Holdings LLC which took the cash option and got 794.2 million dollars in one payment.
