{"id":20308,"date":"2021-01-28T09:01:54","date_gmt":"2021-01-28T07:01:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gamingpost.cp.co.ua\/bez-kategoriyi\/mega-millions-lottery-hits-billion-dollar-jackpot-html\/"},"modified":"2025-05-22T18:33:54","modified_gmt":"2025-05-22T15:33:54","slug":"mega-millions-lottery-hits-billion-dollar-jackpot-html","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gamingpost.net\/en\/mega-millions-lottery-hits-billion-dollar-jackpot-html\/","title":{"rendered":"The Mega Millions lottery hits the billion dollar jackpot"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The organizers of the <strong>Mega Millions<\/strong> lottery talked about this high-profile event. It is officially the third largest lottery win in the country. The lucky ticket was purchased by a Michigan resident. Such a large draw was last held <strong>on 15 August.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>For the winner, the iconic numbers were <strong>4, 26, 42, 50, 60 and Mega Ball 24.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The lottery rules state that now the player will receive his winnings in installments. He will receive annual contributions <strong>for 30 years<\/strong>. However, the winner can choose to pay a lump sum right away. Then the sum of the winnings with deduction of taxes for him will be<strong> $739.6 million.<\/strong> According to statistics, the winners more often choose a one-time payment.<\/p>\n<p>Note: the probability of receiving the main prize in this lottery is <strong>1 in 302.5 million.<\/strong> The identity of the winner has not yet been disclosed.<\/p>\n<p>Other lottery news: <a title=\"A new lottery operator appeared in Belarus\" href=\"https:\/\/gamingpost.net\/en\/new-lottery-operator-appeared-belarus.html\">A new lottery operator appeared in Belarus<\/a><\/p>\n<p>World Gaming News: <a title=\"New lockdown for UK gambling business\" href=\"https:\/\/gamingpost.net\/en\/new-lockdown-uk-gambling-business.html\">New lockdown for UK gambling business<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The gambling portal gamingpost.net monitors the legalization of gambling in Ukraine. Read the latest news: <a href=\"https:\/\/gamingpost.net\/en\/main-stupefaction-verkhovna-rada-anton-kuchukhidze-launch-gambling-market-ukraine.html\">&#8220;The main stupor is the Verkhovna Rada&#8221;, &#8211; Anton Kuchukhidze on the launch of the gambling market in Ukraine<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A resident of the United States became the owner of the third largest lottery win in the country.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":378,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[40],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20308","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v24.5 (Yoast SEO v25.2) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>The Mega Millions lottery hits the billion dollar jackpot - GamingPost - 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