A single ticket bought in a Chicago suburb has beaten the odds and won a $1.337 billion ($1.913 billion) Mega Millions jackpot.
According to megamillions.com, there was a jackpot winning ticket in Friday night’s drawing and it was purchased at a Speedway gas station and convenience store in Des Plaines.
The winning numbers were: 13-36-45-57-67, Mega Ball: 14.
“We are thrilled to have witnessed one of the largest jackpot wins in Mega Millions history,” Ohio Lottery Director Pat McDonald, current chief executive of the Mega Millions Consortium, said in a statement on the lottery website.
“We can’t wait to hear who won and hope to congratulate the winner soon!”
The jackpot was the third largest lottery prize in the country. It grew so big because no one had matched the game’s six selected numbers since April 15th. That’s 29 consecutive draws without a prize winner.
Lottery officials had estimated the winning prize at $1.28 billion, but on Saturday revised the figure to $1.337 billion.
The total prize is for winners who choose the annuity option, paid annually for 29 years. Most winners go for the cash option, which for Friday night’s drawing was about $780.5 million.
The odds of winning the jackpot are 1 in 302.5 million.
According to the Illinois Lottery, the store that sold the ticket is also a big winner: It will receive half a million dollars just for selling the ticket.
Mega Millions is played in 45 states as well as Washington, DC and the US Virgin Islands. The game is coordinated by state lotteries.