Participating in Mega Millions costs 2 dollars. The odds of winning the jackpot are said to be 1 in 302.5 million. In 2018, the highest amount of all time was won. A South Carolina resident then took home a total of $1.537 billion.
Yesterday’s jackpot winner wasn’t the only lucky one, though. Six people are $2 million richer, twenty others win $1 million. Seventy people win $20,000, several hundred $10,000. And the store where the winning ticket was sold also wins. He will receive a whopping $500,000, simply because the ticket was sold there.
Now that the $1 billion jackpot is out, the next jackpot (next week) will start again at the starting amount. The eventual winner will then receive “only” $20 million (or about $12 million if it is chosen to have the amount paid out in one go).
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