Key takeaways:
- The Maine State Lottery won the second-largest Mega Millions jackpot in history, estimated at $1.35 billion.
- The estimated annuitized jackpot could be worth $1.35 billion, while the potential lump sum cash payout is $724.6 million.
- The odds of winning the jackpot were 1 in 302,575,350, making this a truly remarkable event.
On Friday, the Mega Millions lottery announced that a ticket sold in Maine had matched the winning numbers for the estimated $1.35 billion grand prize, making it the second-largest jackpot in the lottery’s history. The only larger jackpot was the record-breaking $1.537 billion won in South Carolina in 2018.
Pat McDonald, Ohio lottery director and lead director of the Mega Millions Consortium, expressed his congratulations to the Maine State Lottery in a statement early Saturday.
“Congratulations to the Maine State Lottery, which has just won its first-ever Mega Millions jackpot,” McDonald said.
The estimated annuitized jackpot could be worth $1.35 billion, while the potential lump sum cash payout is $724.6 million. This marks the fourth time the game has had a billion-dollar win.
“It’s the fourth billion-dollar jackpot in Mega Millions history,” McDonald said.
The Maine State Lottery is now the proud winner of the second-largest Mega Millions jackpot in history. The odds of winning the jackpot were 1 in 302,575,350, making this a truly remarkable event.
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