by foreign editors
Redeemed the 1.35 billion ticket bought at a gas station. The lucky winner agreed to receive the prize through annual payments through 2052
In the small town of Lebanon, home to 6,300 people and just one restaurant, in Maine things are brewing unusually: everyone is wondering who the mysterious winner of over a billion dollars is. Especially at the gas station where the lucky ticket was sold. It’s a busy place today – said Fred Cotreau, owner of Hometown Gas & Grill – excited to have sold it, I hope the winner is one of the residents and one of my regular customers.
The store gets a $50,000 bonus on ticket sales while its owner becomes one of the richest people in Maine, a state that hit its first jackpot beyond belief on Friday the 13th.
So, after 25 consecutive blank moves, the magic sestina was guessed with a probability of 1 in 302.6 million. The $1.35 billion prize is the second largest win in Mega Millions lottery history (the first in 2018 was $1.53 billion in South Carolina) and the fourth largest in US history .
To collect the full amount, the winner would have to choose to take the money in annual installments for 29 years. But most jackpot recipients prefer the smaller but quicker cash option (it was worth $724.6 million for Friday night’s drawing). From the lottery homepage, we learn that the winner is from Maine and instead agreed to receive the prize through annual payments through 2052. An annual pension of $46,551,724!
January 15, 2023 (change January 15, 2023 | 09:56)
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