This Friday, a single lucky person in California won the Mega Millions jackpot, which had accumulated $421 million, as reported by the lottery website.
The winning ticket, which was sold at a Chevron gas station outside Los Angeles, according to the California lottery, matched all six balls in the drawing to win. the thirteenth largest prize in its history.
The winner might opt for the option to take home $289.5 million in cash.
In addition to the jackpot, four other tickets won $1 million prizes for matching five white balls. One of them also won the Megapelier, for which he took home $3 million. These tickets were sold in New York, Mississippi and Texas and the winner of the $3 million is from Ohio.
This Friday’s big jackpot has been rolling over since October, following another lucky lady in Lake Havasu City, Arizona scooped the previous prize of $108 million.
Now the prize is reset and starts once more at $20 million, with an option of $13.7 million in cash, for next Tuesday’s drawing.
The Mega Millions costs $2 and is drawn twice a week, on Tuesdays and Fridays. The odds of a person winning the coveted prize are 1 in 292.2 million, according to the lottery’s own website.
The biggest prizes in history
While a jackpot of over $400 million is no small feat, it’s not in the top 10 of all time. This is the list:
