Single Ticket Sold In California Wins $1.22 Billion Mega Millions Jackpot

December 28, 2024

One ticket matched all the numbers in the $1.22 billion Mega Millions drawing Friday night. The ticket was sold in California, the first jackpot winner since September 10.
A lump sum payout for the drawing is estimated at $549.7 million.

The largest-ever Mega Millions jackpot ticket worth $1.6 billion was sold in Florida in August 2023.

The winning numbers were 3, 7, 37, 49, 55, with Mega Ball 6.

The December 31 drawing will be worth as estimated $20 million.

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One Response to “Single Ticket Sold In California Wins $1.22 Billion Mega Millions Jackpot”

  1. taxBILL on December 28th, 2024 12:56 pm

    If the winner takes the lump sum payout of $549.7M, the privilege of buying that ticket in California will cost them an extra $67M in State Income Tax in addition to the $200M+ in Federal income taxes.





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