The website for the Illinois Lottery claims that the person who won jackpot is a resident of Illinois.
According to the website, They have a billionaire and a millionaire in Illinois.
The website for the Illinois Lottery indicates that the winning Mega Millions ticket for the $1.2 billion jackpot was purchased in the state of Illinois.
The numbers 13, 36, 45, 57, and 67 were the ones that won the third-largest prize in the history of the United States.
14 was the value of the Mega Ball, and the multiplier was 2.
Even though, the system tells that the winner is from Illinois but lacks further details like their residence.
According to the website, they also have a new millionaire.
A winning lottery ticket for one million dollars was purchased in the state of Illinois on Friday night.
The winner of the 1.28 billion dollar reward has the option of receiving their winnings in cash or as an annual payout.
If he chooses the one-time cash option he only gets $747.2 million instead of the full money.
If he chose annual payment, he will get the money for 29 years will be paid in monthly installmets
The Mega Million jackpot was started 4 mnths ago. The prize money is piling up as there is no new winner since then.
So, the prize money increased to more than $ 1 billion. This is the second largest prize money we have seen so far.
The odds of winning the prize were estimated to be one in 302,575,350,000, as stated by the officials.