After several weeks, a winner came forward. One lucky person in Illinois bought the winning Mega Millions ticket on July 29, 2022. The wining ticket was sold at Hometown Gas & Grill in Lebanon, Maine, according to state lottery officials. $1.35 billionĪ single ticket-holder in Maine won an estimated $1.35 billion in the Mega Millions drawing on Jan. In March of the following year, an anonymous winner came forward through a lawyer, opting to cash in a one-time lump sum of $877,784,124 instead of taking payments over 30 years.

It took a while for the prize to be claimed. The largest Mega Millions prize was the third-largest jackpot overall, with the winning ticket drawn on Oct.

“I think we can all live on $528 million, don’t you think?” Russ Lopez, a spokesman for the California Lottery, said at the time. 13, 2016, matching tickets bought in California, Florida and Tennessee. The second-biggest jackpot, also a Powerball, was split three ways. 14, California Lottery officials announced that the winner’s name was Edwin Castro but did not release further biographical information at his request. It was unclear as of early January 2023 whether the winner had claimed the prize. Lottery officials said the ticket holder was the first lottery billionaire in the state. The ticket was sold at Joe’s Service Center in Altadena, Calif., just north of Pasadena.

The largest lottery jackpot to date, a Powerball drawing, was won on Nov.

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