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 taxes
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Friday, September 20
$ 516 million: the winning Mega Millions ticket was 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 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 remains in the state of Pennsylvania so that in 2014 a Pittsburgh man won an award of $ 149 millions of dollars and in 2015 a Virginia truck driver earned $ 149 million dollars as he traveled his route through the state, as reported by lottery officials.
The person who managed to match all the winning number combinations may choose to receive the prize through annual payments or receive a one-time payment of $ 346 million before tax .
The amount that the new millionaire will take home is subject to income tax from the state of Pennsylvania and, where applicable, 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 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 biggest money gifts that the Mega Millions has delivered in the draw history:
$ 1, 537 millions of dollars: 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: Ticket was sold in Michigan in January of 2021.
$ 656 million dollars : three Winning tickets in Illinois, Kansas and Maryland that were sold in March of 2012.
$ 648 million 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.
$ 537 million dollars: a single winning ticket was sold in Indiana in July 2016.
$ 533 million dollars: the winning ticket was sold in New Jersey in March of 2018.
$ 522 millions of dollars: the winner was a ticket that was sold in California in June of 2019.
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