2024-04-02 17:28:36
After starting its accumulation in December 2023, the grand prize of MegaMillions It has been awarded after a quarter of expectation.
On Tuesday, the sum reached $1.10 billion, ranking as the fifth-highest prize in MegaMillions history.
Fortune smiled on one contestant from New Jersey, whose ticket turned out to be the only one to match the six-figure winning combination revealed that night. The winning numbers were 7, 11, 22, 29, 38 and Mega Ball 4.
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#MegaMillions results are in.
Here are the winning numbers for tonight,
Tuesday, Mar. 267-11-22-29-38 − 4 MB − 2x MP#lottery #lotto #lottery pic.twitter.com/Rx5UrT1lHG
— Lottify (@LottifyApp) March 27, 2024
Although the winning ticket was purchased in New Jersey, this does not guarantee that the new millionaire resides in said state; It is possible that the lucky one comes from another state or even from outside the country. With the prize awarded, the jackpot for the next drawing returns to its base amount of $20 million.
* The location where the ticket was sold is not yet public.
— Lottify (@LottifyApp) March 27, 2024
It should be remembered that it was last March 20 when it was announced that MegaMillions was about to reach one trillion dollars.
On that occasion, the MegaMillions lottery, one of the most coveted by players, reached the incredible figure of 977 million dollars in its last draw, after the winner of the jackpot was not known.
MegaMillions is the only lottery game to have awarded five jackpots exceeding $1 billion, none of them in one state.
South Carolina was first in 2018, followed by Michigan in 2021, Illinois in 2022, Maine in early 2023 and Florida, the latter in August of last year.
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