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A ticket holder in Illinois won the $1.28 billion Mega Millions jackpot Friday night.
The winning numbers were 13, 36, 45, 57, 67 and the Mega Gold Ball was 14. The Megaplier was 2X.
The winning ticket was sold at the Speedy Café Speedway gas station on East Touhy Avenue in Des Plaines, Illinois.
The $1.28 billion Mega Millions prize is for winners who choose the annuity option, paid annually for 29 years.
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Most winners go for the cash option, which was estimated at $747.2 million.
“Congratulations to the Illinois Lottery for selling the winning ticket for the $1.337 million Mega Millions jackpot,” Ohio Lottery Director Pat McDonald said in a statement. “We’re thrilled to have witnessed one of the biggest jackpot wins in Mega Millions history. We can’t wait to find out who won and look forward to congratulating the winner soon! Better yet, this exciting jackpot run has had a positive impact significant in the income for good causes raised by our members’ lotteries.”
A man holds Mega Millions lottery tickets on July 29, 2022 in New York City. (John Smith/VIEWpress/Getty Images)
The jackpot was the third largest lottery prize in the country.
The last time someone won the Mega Millions jackpot was on April 15th.
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Since then there had been 29 consecutive draws without a prize winner.
FILE – Gordon Midvale fills out a lottery ticket inside a 7-Eleven store in Oakland, Calif., July 26, 2022. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez, File/AP Newsroom)
The odds of winning the jackpot are 1 in 302.5 million.
The odds of winning a $1 million prize, when the ticket matches all five white balls, are 1 in 12,607,306.
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The Mega Millions website also lists 26 total winners of this prize and six Megaplier winners, receiving a prize of $2 million.
A $1,000,002 ticket was sold in the Bronx of New York City to the New Way Deli & Lottery Corp.
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The Mega Millions website says the next jackpot is set at $20 million.
A customer fills out a Mega Millions lottery ticket at a convenience store Thursday, July 21, 2022, in Northbrook, Illinois. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh/AP Newsroom)
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The Mega Millions lottery game is played in 45 states as well as Washington, DC and the US Virgin Islands. The game is coordinated by state lotteries.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.