Finance
$1.537 billion Mega Millions jackpot for South Carolina winner
G-Jun
Yam/AP
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Mega Millions has confirmed that the final jackpot for
the winning lottery ticket sold in South Carolina is
$1.537 billion. -
The winning ticket for the lottery
was sold in South Carolina, the state lottery said on early
Wednesday. -
It is close to the all-time record of the $1.586
billion jackpot for a Powerball drawing in 2016, according to
Reuters. -
The winner has two options: a one-off payment of around
$900 million, or gradual payments which would pay out the full
prize over 29 years (roughly $53 million a year).
Mega Millions has confirmed that the final jackpot for the
winning lottery ticket sold in South Carolina is $1.537
billion — close to the all-time record jackpot for any lottery.
A winning ticket for the lottery
was sold in South Carolina, the state lottery said on early
Wednesday.
A lottery official said early on Wednesday that only one ticket
was sold that matched all six numbers in the lottery draw,
Reuters reported.
The winner has two options: an immediate cash payment of around
$900 million or the full prize paid out over 29 years.
The record is a $1.586 billion jackpot for a Powerball
drawing in 2016, according to Reuters.
Earlier estimates had placed the jackpot at $1.6 billion, which
would have been an all-time record.
Maryland Lottery spokeswoman Carol Gentry told the
Associated Press that the estimate was off because “there are few
precedents for a jackpot of this size” and, as 70% of sales
typically take place on the day of the draw, “forecasting precise
numbers in advance can be difficult.”
The buyer beat the odds of 1 in 303 million to win the Mega
Millions lottery.
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