Mega Millions lottery

A Mega Millions ticket is seen as a person makes a purchase inside a convenience store, ahead of Tuesday's Mega Millions drawing of $1.55 billion, Monday, Aug. 7, 2023, in Kennesaw, Georgia.

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The winning $1.58 billion Mega Millions ticket is sold in Florida

1:29am August 09, 2023

by The Associated Press

Someone in Florida won a $1.58 billion Mega Millions jackpot Tuesday night, ending a stretch of lottery futility that had stretched for nearly four months.

Gabriel Fierro said he decided "on a whim" to play his fortune cookie numbers in last Tuesday's drawing — and ended up with the largest win in the history of Online Play in North Carolina.

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A veteran won a $4 million lottery prize using the numbers from a fortune cookie

1:54pm January 25, 2022

by Rachel Treisman

The North Carolina man turned his meal at an Asian restaurant into a Mega Millions jackpot when his cookies turned out to be extra fortunate.

A patron, who did not want to give his name, uses the lottery ticket vending kiosk at a Smoker Friendly store to purchase tickets for the Mega Millions lottery drawing Friday in Cranberry Township, Pa.

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Who Wants To Be A Billionaire? $1 Billion Winning Lottery Ticket Sold In Michigan

4:27pm January 23, 2021

by Matthew S. Schwartz

It's the third-largest lotto jackpot in U.S. history. The odds of winning the top prize were 1 in 302.5 million.

The KC Mart in Simpsonville, S.C., after it was announced the winning $1.5 billion Mega Millions lottery ticket was purchased there in October 2018.

Anonymous Mega Millions Lottery Winner Claims $1.5B Jackpot In South Carolina

7:04pm March 04, 2019

by Richard Gonzales

Lottery winners can elect to remain anonymous in fewer than a half-dozen states.