(Reuters) – A Mega Hundreds of thousands ticket holder in California woke up a lot richer on Saturday after they matched all six numbers within the lottery hours earlier than to win an estimated $1.3 billion, the fifth largest jackpot within the recreation’s historical past.
The successful ticket that matched the numbers 3, 7, 37, 49 and 55, plus the gold Mega Ball (NYSE:) 6 throughout Friday’s drawing was offered in Cottonwood, California, about 200 miles north of San Francisco, Mega Hundreds of thousands stated in an announcement.
“What a tremendous current this vacation season! At an extremely particular time of yr, that is each an extremely particular second for our winner,” Joshua Johnston, lead director for the Mega Hundreds of thousands Consortium.
The lottery reached the $1.269 billion mark after nobody matched all six numbers within the earlier 30 drawings. Odds of successful the jackpot are 1 in 302,575,350.
The biggest ever in U.S. lottery jackpot historical past got here in November 2022 when a single ticket holder in California gained a $2.04 billion Powerball jackpot.