It will be a happy new year for one person with the only ticket to match all numbers in Tuesday night’s Mega Millions jackpot.
The winning ticket, sold in Glen Head, New York, a Long Island enclave, is worth $425 million according to the Mega Millions website. Seven other players won at least $1 million after matching all but the Mega Ball.
The winning numbers were 34, 44, 57, 62, 70 and Mega Ball 14.
While $425 million or about $254 after-taxes isn’t chump change, it dwarfs last October’s still unclaimed winning Mega Millions ticket which sold in South Carolina for nearly $1.6 billion, the largest single ticket win on record and the second-largest in U.S. lottery jackpot history.
Here’s the list of the largest lottery prizes in U.S. history—including Powerball and Mega Millions.
1. $1.586 billion Powerball
Date: January 2016
Winners: 3
Location: California, Florida and Tennessee
2. $1.537 billion Mega Millions
Date: October 2018
Winners: 1 [largest single ticket win on record]
Location: South Carolina
3. $758.7 million Powerball
Date: August 2017
Winners: 1
Location: Massachusetts
4. $656 million Mega Millions
Date: March 2012
Winners: 3
Location: Illinois, Kansas and Maryland
5. $648 million Mega Millions
Date: December 2013
Winners: 2
Location: California and Georgia
6. $590.5 million Powerball
Date: May 2013
Winners: 1
Location: Florida
7. $587.5 million Powerball
Date: November 2012
Winners: 2
Location: Arizona and Missouri
8. $564 million Powerball
Date: February 2015
Winners: 3
Location: North Carolina, Puerto Rico and Texas
9. $559.7 million Powerball
Date: January 2018
Winners: 1
Location: New Hampshire
10. $543 million Mega Millions
Date: July 2018
Winners: 1
Location: California
11. $536 million Mega Millions
Date: July 2016
Winners: 1
Location: Indiana
Source:- foxbusiness