Someone has beaten the odds and won the $1.28 billion Mega Millions jackpot.
According to megamillions.com, there was one winning ticket in the drawing on Friday night and it was purchased in
Illinois.
The winning numbers were: 13-36-45-57-67.
The mega ball is:
14.
“We are thrilled to have witnessed one of the largest jackpots in Mega Millions history,” Ohio Lottery Director Pat McDonald, who currently serves as lead director of the Mega Millions Consortium, said in a statement.
“We are anxious to know who has won and we hope to congratulate the winner soon,” he added.
Marie Kilbane, a spokeswoman for the Ohio Lottery Commission, confirmed the victory to The Washington Post.
"There is a winning ticket from the jackpot, which was sold in Illinois," she said.
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The jackpot is the
second jackpot in the history of the game,
which began in 1996. It grew so large because no one had matched all six of the game's selected numbers since April 15.
That is 29 consecutive draws without a jackpot winner.
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The $1.28 billion prize goes to winners who choose the annuity option, which is paid every year for 29 years.
Most of the winners opt for the cash option, which in Friday night's drawing was about $747.2 million.
The odds of winning the jackpot are
one in 302.5 million.
The Mega Millions page was inaccessible Friday night for several minutes after the drawing, CNN reported.
Lottery jackpots start at $20 million and grow based on game sales and interest rates, according to its website.
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Mega Millions is played in 45 states, as well as Washington DC, and the US Virgin Islands.
The game is coordinated by state lotteries.
Revenues from ticket sales are used by states to finance public programs, especially schools but also transportation or tourism.
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What to do if you win the lottery?
First of all:
take a deep breath.
It is not necessary to run immediately to claim the prize.
You can collect it within three months to a year.
Protect your ticket - sign the back and have your picture taken with it.
Next,
keep it very well,
preferably in a safe deposit box.
It is recommended that you remain anonymous when collecting it, for greater protection.
Seek help from a financial advisor, a lawyer and a tax expert who will guide you in making decisions about your money, but above all, about your future.
Less likely to be eaten by a shark
The probability of winning the Mega Millions is really tiny.
In fact, you are more likely to die from a shark attack in the United States.
According to the Florida Museum's International Shark Attack File, this is one in 4.3 million.
That is, it is 70 times more likely to win the Mega Millions prize.
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The chance of losing your life from the poison of a plant or animal is one in 45,000;
and the death rate in a plane crash is one in 188,000.
The chances of winning the Mega Millions prize are 216 less than that of being struck by lightning (in this case it is one in 1.2 million, according to the National Weather Service; Florida is the most dangerous state in that regard, according to the Washington Post ).
Each year about 25 million lightning strikes strike the ground, most of them in summer, and hundreds of people are affected (about 20 die).
A swarm of debris from rockets, satellites and other space debris orbit our planet and sometimes fall to the surface;
more than 27,000 are larger than a
softball
, and many pieces fall to the surface almost constantly, according to NASA.
Finally some good news: the chance of being hit by one of them is more than 3,000 times less than winning the lottery.
