Officials from the lottery claim that the Mega Millions ticket, worth billions, which sent the U.S. into a frenzy, was sold in Illinois.
The winning numbers in Friday night’s drawing were 67, 45, 57, 36, and 13 with the Mega Ball 14 and megaplier X2.
The winning ticket was sold in Des Plaines at Speedway, making it the third biggest lottery jackpot ever. This was because no one had ever won Mega Millions’ top prize from April.
“We have not heard from the winner yet. We don’t know whether they even know that they won a prize. So I encourage everybody to check your ticket,”Harold Mays, director of Illinois Lottery said this during a Saturday morning Chicago press conference.
One in 302,575,350 people had a chance of winning the Jackpot.
The winner or winners can choose to take installment payments or a $747 million lump sum option – which comes out to $523 million after taxes. The Speedway in which the winning ticket was sold will be awarded a $500,000.
SRB Food Mart, Berkeley, Illinois also sold a $1 million winning ticket.
The winner has a year from Friday’s drawing to come forward and claim the cash, and can remain anonymous under Illinois law, which states that those who win more than $250,000 can choose to keep their name and location confidential.
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