The largest jackpot in Mega Millions history, worth an estimated $1.58 billion, was won in Florida, USA on Tuesday night, August 8.
The winning numbers were 13, 19, 20, 32, 33, and the gold Mega ball 14.
According to the lottery operator, Mega Millions, it is the highest jackpot payout in Mega Millions history, just topping out the previous high of $1.537 billion sold in South Carolina in 2018.
According to the firm, the winning ticketholder has the option of receiving the whopping $1.58 billion jackpot in annual payments or a one-time cash option at an estimated $783.3 million. As of publication time, no one had arrived to claim the winning ticket.
Tuesday’s jackpot drawing was the third-largest prize in lottery history.
California’s Edwin Castro claimed the $2.04 billion Powerball last November, which stands as the largest payout for a lottery player.
Three ticket holders from California, Florida and Tennessee split the $1.586 prize in Jan. 2016.
Mega Millions last crowned a jackpot winner on April 18, when a winning ticket worth $20 million was sold in Syracuse, New York.
Mega Millions players have a 1 in 302,575,350 chance of winning the jackpot in any drawing.
As no official winner has been announced, store owner Nabor Herrera’s stepdaughter believes the person is “100% a Latina lady,” Angelica Menjivar told The Post following the draw.
