This winning ticket represents the fifth-largest prize ever won by Mega Millions players and marks the first instance this year of a ticket matching all the required numbers to claim the grand prize.
A lucky individual from New Jersey has secured a staggering $1.13 billion Mega Millions jackpot, as confirmed by game officials. The winning ticket, matching all six drawn numbers on Tuesday, marks the fifth-largest prize in Mega Millions history and the first such occurrence this year. This estimated jackpot also ranks as the eighth largest in the history of US lotteries, according to reports from NBC News.
Mega Millions had gone more than three months without a jackpot winner, before the big win Tuesday night, there had been 30 straight drawings without a jackpot winner. The last time someone won the game’s grand prize was in December last year when two winning tickets were sold at the same gas station in Los Angeles, splitting the $394 million prize.
The next big US lottery drawing will be Wednesday night for an estimated $865 million Powerball jackpot. No one has won that prize since New Year’s Day, making for 36 drawings without a winner.
Meanwhile, March has been a very good month for lottery winners. A lucky man from Wayne County, Michigan, won a staggering $110,000 Fantasy 5 Double Play lottery jackpot for the second time in just six months.
The 59-year-old winner, who chose to remain anonymous, purchased the winning ticket for the February 11th drawing at a BP gas station on West 9 Mile Road in Southfield. Interestingly, this wasn’t his first brush with lottery luck. He previously won the exact same jackpot amount in the August 31st, 2023, Fantasy 5 Double Play drawing, using the same set of numbers (02-06-11-20-23).
