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Mega Millions player in California wins $1.3 billion jackpot

Published 12/28/2024, 11:38 AM
Updated 12/28/2024, 05:07 PM
© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: A customer purchases a Mega Millions and Powerball tickets in New York City, U.S., July 12, 2023. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/File Photo
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(Reuters) - A Mega Millions ticket holder in California woke up much richer on Saturday after they matched all six numbers in the lottery hours before to win an estimated $1.3 billion, the fifth largest jackpot in the game's history.

The winning ticket that matched the numbers 3, 7, 37, 49 and 55, plus the gold Mega Ball (NYSE:BALL) 6 during Friday's drawing was sold in Cottonwood, California, about 200 miles north of San Francisco, Mega Millions said in a statement.

“What an amazing present this holiday season! At an incredibly special time of year, this is both an incredibly special moment for our winner," Joshua Johnston, lead director for the Mega Millions Consortium.

© Reuters. Jaspal Singh, owner of the Circle K where the latest winning Mega Millions jackpot lottery ticket was sold, talks with employees and customers in the store in Cottonwood, California, U.S. December 28, 2024.  REUTERS/Fred Greaves

The lottery reached the $1.269 billion mark after no one matched all six numbers in the previous 30 drawings. Odds of winning the jackpot are 1 in 302,575,350.

The largest ever in U.S. lottery jackpot history came in November 2022 when a single ticket holder in California won a $2.04 billion Powerball jackpot.

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