A single ticket bought in Texas claimed the $810-million Mega Hundreds of thousands jackpot Tuesday night, marking the second-biggest prize for that lottery this 12 months.
The profitable numbers of 1, 2, 16, 24, 66 and 6 have been clinched on a fast choose entry bought at a Murphy USA fuel station and comfort retailer in Sugar Land, Texas, a suburb of Houston.
Tuesday’s winner can go for an annual annuity that pays out over 30 years or declare a $409.3-million lump sum.
The prize is the biggest jackpot ever received by a Texas lottery participant, in response to Mega Hundreds of thousands officers. General, the Texas ticket is the seventh-largest in Mega Hundreds of thousands historical past.
A grand prize of $1.602 billion bought in a Neptune Seaside, Fla., grocery store in August 2023 stays the biggest purse in Mega Hundreds of thousands historical past.
The most important Mega Hundreds of thousands prize this 12 months got here from a profitable $1.128-billion ticket purchased at a Ceremony Support in Neptune Township, N.J., in March.
A San Jose participant cut up a $648-million prize with a lady from Georgia in 2013, marking the biggest Mega Hundreds of thousands jackpot received by a Californian.
A ticket bought Tuesday within the unincorporated city of Floriston, on the border of California and Nevada close to Truckee, matched 5 of six numbers and nabbed a prize of $605,656. Different winners with 5 numbers hailed from Florida, New York and Washington and claimed $1 million.
California public faculties silently benefited from the lottery, taking residence $66.8 million from gross sales associated to this jackpot, in response to California Lottery spokesperson Carolyn Becker.
The jackpot grew for the reason that earlier win on June 4 and rolled over 27 occasions. Californians contributed $167 million in gross sales to the jackpot, in response to Becker, with roughly 40% getting kicked again to varsities.
The sport, which prices $2 for a single ticket, is performed in 45 states together with Washington, D.C. Drawings are held on Tuesdays and Fridays.
Tuesday’s prize was solely the third Mega Hundreds of thousands jackpot received this 12 months.
Compared, Friday’s Mega Million jackpot is estimated to be $20 million.