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The odds of winning Mega Millions are an astronomical 1 in 302,575,350.
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MEGA BILLIONAIRE!
The first Mega Millions jackpot winning ticket of 2024, worth $1.13 billion, was won in New Jersey on Tuesday night.
Winning numbers are 7, 11, 22, 29, 38, and Golden Mega Ball 4.
The $1.13 billion jackpot is the 5th largest prize in lottery history.
The new billionaire could receive $1.13 billion in annual payments, or an estimated one-time lump sum of $537.5 million.
Thirteen players — from California, Colorado, Florida (2), Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, New York (2) and Ohio — matched all five white balls for the $1 million prize.
The odds of winning Mega Millions are an astronomical 1 in 302,575,350.
Tuesday night's win was the first time the Mega Millions jackpot has been won since Dec. 8, when two tickets in California matched the estimated $395 million jackpot.
The largest Mega Millions jackpot, worth $1.602 billion, was sold to a winner in August 2023 at a Publix supermarket in Neptune Beach, Fla.
Saltines Holdings, LLC, a limited liability company, chose to receive its prize in a lump sum of $794,248,882.00.
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