The new winner of the Mega Millions ticket sold in Pennsylvania will be able to choose to receive millionaire annual payments or receive a one-time payment of $ 342 million before tax
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Friday, September 20
Mega Millions: The Nine Biggest Prizes in Sweepstakes History Includes the $ 516 Million Winning Ticket Sold in Pennsylvania
The jackpot winning ticket of the Mega Millions of $ 516 million dollars was sold in Pennsylvania , as reported by lottery officials . The enormous sum of money accumulated by the raffle marks it as the ninth largest prize that has been awarded since the raffle began in 2002.
Since last Tuesday the Mega Million draw had not had a winner although five tickets sold two in California, one in Delaware and one in Ohio coincided with the first white balls for which they were worth $ 1 million of dollars.
The winning combination
The winning Mega Million numbers were 6, 9, 17, 18 Y 48, plus the golden Mega Ball 8 .
This is the third prize of the Mega Millions that stays in the state of Pennsylvania since in 2014 a man from Pittsburgh won an award of $ 149 millions of dollars and in 2015 a Virginia truck driver earned $ 153 millions of dollars as he made his way through the state, lottery officials reported.
The lucky person who managed to hit all the Mega Millions winning number combinations may choose to receive the prize through annual payments or receive a one-time payment of $ 346 millions before Tax .
Amount to take home the new millionaire is subject to Pennsylvania state income tax and if applicable to local and federal taxes.
If you think it is very easy to win the lottery the Odds of winning the Mega Millions Jackpot are 1 in 302 million probabilities. It is easier for a person to be struck by lightning than to win the Mega Millions draw .
Mega Millions tickets are sold at 44 states, in the capital, Washington DC and in the United States Virgin Islands.
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The biggest prizes awarded by the Mega Millions
In the following list you can find the greatest money gifts than the Mega Millions has delivered in the history of the draw:
$ 1, 537 million dollar en: This is the biggest prize in the history of the draw. It was a winning ticket that was sold in South Carolina in October of 2018.
$ 1, 005 millions of dollars: the ticket was sold in Michigan in January of 2021.
$ 656 millions of dollars: Three winning tickets in Illinois, Kansas and Maryland that were sold in March of 2012.
$ 648 millions of dollars: Two winning tickets in California and Georgia in December 2013.
$ 615 millions of dollars: it is not known if there are winners but the ticket was sold in January of 2021.
$ 543 millions of dollars: The winning ticket was sold in California in July of 2018.
$ 536 millions of dollars: a single winning ticket was sold in Indiana in July of 2016.
$ 533 millions of dollars: the winning ticket was sold in New Jersey in March of 2018.
$ 522 million dollars: the winner was a ticket that was sold in California in June of 2019.
$ 522 millions of dollars: this Friday’s winning ticket was sold in Pennsylvania, a state where the May prize has fallen three times.
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