One fortunate Mega Thousands and thousands ticketholder simply grew to become a billionaire — sure, billionaire! — in a single day after profitable the largest jackpot in Mega Thousands and thousands historical past.
The id of the participant remains to be a thriller, however the individual simply pocketed an eye-popping $1.58 billion from a ticket reportedly bought from a Publix Grocery store in Neptune, Florida.
Tuesday evening’s profitable numbers had been 13, 19, 20, 32, 33, and the Megaplier was 14.
Now the enjoyable begins for the Mega champ, who will get to decide on between receiving the large payout in annual installments or in a single large lump sum of money price about $783.3 million. Not a foul selection both manner you chop it.
By the best way … the $1.58 billion jackpot eked out first place from the earlier highest Mega Thousands and thousands jackpot holder, who was bought a $1.537 billion in South Carolina in 2018.