One ticket in Illinois received the second-largest Mega Tens of millions jackpot of practically $1.34 billion | CNN

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The chase for the second-largest Mega Tens of millions jackpot has ended – with a single ticket bought within the Chicago space for the entire $1.337 billion.

One ticket purchased in Des Plaines hit the highest prize in Friday evening’s drawing, in keeping with the Illinois Lottery, securing the third-largest jackpot of any US lottery sport and ending a buildup that started when Mega Tens of millions final drew a jackpot winner in mid-April.

The successful ticket was bought at a Speedway gasoline station in Des Plaines, roughly a 20-mile drive northwest of downtown Chicago, the Illinois Lottery mentioned Saturday.

“Now we have not heard from the winner but. We don’t know whether or not … they even know that they received a prize. So I encourage everyone to verify your ticket,” Illinois Lottery Director Harold Mays informed reporters Saturday morning in Chicago.

The jackpot rose to $1.337 billion late Friday, up from an earlier estimate of $1.28 billion, lottery operators mentioned.

If the holder chooses a lump-sum money possibility, the ticket will yield a one-time cost of about $780 million. In any other case, the practically $1.34 billion prize will likely be unfold over an preliminary cost and 29 annual funds.

Friday evening’s successful numbers have been 13, 36, 45, 57, 67 and a Mega Ball of 14.

The Speedway comfort retailer in Des Plaines will obtain $500,000 for promoting the successful ticket, Mays mentioned.

The ticket holder has a yr from the drawing to assert the prize, and might select to withhold his or her title from the general public, Mays mentioned. In Illinois, winners of greater than $250,000 can ask the lottery to maintain their title and hometown confidential.

The most important ever Mega Tens of millions jackpot of $1.537 billion was received by a single ticket bought in South Carolina in 2018. That’s the second-largest jackpot for any US lottery sport, and it’s the world’s largest lottery prize received by only one ticket, in keeping with Mega Tens of millions.

The most important jackpot of any US lottery sport was $1.586 billion – a Powerball prize from January 13, 2016, shared by winners in California, Florida and Tennessee.

Another ticket holders additionally received some sizable prizes Friday.

Twenty-six tickets received a secondary prize of at the very least $1 million as a result of they matched the primary 5 numbers.

Six of the 26 tickets received $2 million as a result of the patrons matched not solely the primary 5 numbers, but additionally paid a further $1 to activate the sport’s “multiplier,” which elevates non-jackpot prizes.

One of many 26 tickets, bought in California, didn’t have the multiplier however nonetheless received greater than $4.2 million, in keeping with the state’s lottery officers. That’s as a result of all prizes in California have to be primarily based on gross sales and variety of winners as a substitute of being a hard and fast quantity.

The 20 “Match 5” winners with out the multiplier have been bought in California; Florida (two); Georgia (two); Illinois; Kentucky; Louisiana; Michigan; Minnesota (two); North Carolina (two); New Hampshire (two); New York; Oklahoma; Pennsylvania; Texas (two); and Wisconsin.

The six $2 million tickets have been bought in Arizona; Florida (three); Iowa and Pennsylvania, in keeping with Mega Tens of millions.

The jackpot had been rising since mid-April, when the jackpot was hit on consecutive drawings on April 12 and April 15. Since then, no ticket in twice-weekly drawings matched all six numbers – which is hard. The chances of successful the jackpot are 1 in 302,575,350.

The Mega Tens of millions web site on Friday evening grew to become inaccessible for a number of minutes after the drawing. The lottery’s jackpots begin at $20 million and develop primarily based on sport gross sales and rates of interest, in keeping with its web site.

The following drawing will likely be Tuesday at 11 p.m. ET, on the $20 million start line.

Mega Tens of millions tickets are bought in 45 states, Washington, DC, and the US Virgin Islands, the place drawings are on Tuesdays and Fridays at 11 p.m. ET. Tickets are bought on-line in Georgia, Illinois, Kentucky, Michigan, New Hampshire, North Carolina, North Dakota, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and DC, however the purchaser have to be in that state.