$ 1.3 billion: the super win of the American lottery has found a buyer after more than 30 draws

For three months, the kitty went up, up and up again.

So much so that one wondered if the absolute record of the biggest win won in the lottery would not end up being exceeded.

And that a fast-food chain ended up offering tickets to each of its 50,000 employees.

None of them unfortunately hit the jackpot.

But just imagine: the lucky winner of the "Mega Millions", which certainly bears his name very well, has just won no less than 1.33 billion dollars.

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"Mega Millions players, check your tickets!"

We have a winner (…) in Illinois.

Stay tuned for more details, ”the lottery from this central eastern state tweeted.

“We can't wait to find out who won and hope to congratulate the winner soon!

completes in a press release the so-called Pat McDonald, a manager of Mega Millions.

Two options for cashing in the jackpot

The identity of the winner in question is still unknown.

He or she has every right to never make themselves known.

Illinois law allows its big winners to never reveal their identity or address.

All that is known is that he or she has achieved a major feat: ticking all the right numbers, namely 67, 45, 57, 36, 13 and 14. The probability of achieving this was still quite low, estimated at one chance in 303 million.

The jackpot was initially valued at $1.28 billion, but “the final value was higher than estimated,” based on actual sales, Mega Millions explains.

Friday's 1.337 billion represents what the lucky winner would get if they agreed to spread the payment.

Because he has two options to get his winnings.

He can opt for a payment of more than two million dollars per month over 30 years.

A decent salary.

Or prefer an immediate payment, in which case he will have to "settle" for a kitty of 780 million dollars.

A sum from which taxes would still have to be deducted.

14 million winners

It still took more than thirty draws to have a lucky winner.

He is not the only one.

Mega Millions announced on Saturday that nearly 14 million winning tickets have been identified.

With very variable earnings, which range from 4 dollars to 2 million dollars.

Among them, 20 players managed to find five numbers, winning the tidy sum of one million dollars.

Six others had the rich idea of ​​calling the optional number, thus doubling their bet.

The biggest win ever was $1.586 billion.

It was won in January 2016 in the other major American lottery, Powerball, but the spoils were divided between three winners.

Two years later, a woman was claiming her $1.537 billion claim 131 days after the draw.

A sum that she will never touch in full.

After paying the taxes, there was already "only" $400 million left.

In France, the lotto record stands at 30 million euros, while that of the EuroMillions stands at 220 million euros.

Pocket money against Mega millions.