Luck Strikes in Maine: Winning Ticket for $1.35 Billion Mega Millions Jackpot Sold on Friday the 13th

A winning ticket for the $1.35 billion Mega Millions jackpot was sold in Maine on Friday the 13th, making it the third-largest jackpot in U.S. lottery history. The winning numbers were 4-26-42-50-60 and the Mega Ball was 24. The ticket was sold at a convenience store in the small town of Scarborough, Maine.

The Mega Millions jackpot had been growing for months, with no winner since September 2020. The odds of winning the jackpot were 1 in 302.5 million, but someone in Maine managed to beat those odds and become the sole winner of the massive prize.

The winner has yet to come forward to claim the prize, but they have up to a year to do so. The lottery officials have not yet released any information about the winner, but they have said that the ticket was a quick pick, meaning that the numbers were randomly selected by the computer.

The $1.35 billion prize is the third-largest in U.S. lottery history, behind only the $1.5 billion Powerball jackpot won in 2016 and the $1.586 billion Mega Millions jackpot won in 2018. The prize is also the largest in Mega Millions history and the second-largest in U.S. lottery history.

The winner has the option of taking the prize in annual payments over 30 years or as a one-time lump sum payment of $776 million. It is not yet known how the winner plans to claim their prize or what they plan to do with the money.

The winning ticket was sold at a small convenience store, and the store will also receive a bonus of $25,000 for selling the winning ticket. The town of Scarborough is also buzzing with excitement as one of their own has become a billionaire overnight.

The Mega Millions jackpot has now reset to its starting amount of $20 million for the next drawing, but the excitement of this record-breaking prize will not be soon forgotten. It's not only Maine but the whole of United States is excited about the news.

In conclusion, a winning ticket for the $1.35 billion Mega Millions jackpot was sold in Maine on Friday the 13th, making it the third-largest jackpot in U.S. lottery history. The winner has yet to come forward, but they have up to a year to claim the prize. The prize is the third-largest in U.S. lottery history, behind only the $1.5 billion Powerball jackpot won in 2016 and the $1.586 billion Mega Millions jackpot won in 2018. The winner has the option of taking the prize in annual payments over 30 years or as a one-time lump sum payment of $776 million. The winning ticket was sold at a small convenience store, and the store will also receive a bonus of $25,000 for selling the winning ticket.