A prize-winning Mega Millions ticket for the estimated $1.28 billion jackpot was bought in Illinois an official from the Mega Millions spokesperson told The Washington Post
Additional details on the winning ticket will be released on Saturday. Mega Millions website Mega Millions website now lists the jackpot of Tuesday's drawing of $20 million.
The jackpot topped $1 billion three times in game's history of 20 years and has generated huge excitement across the nation.
The lump-sum payment for the jackpot on Friday was estimated at $747.2 million as per Mega Millions.
Mega Millions jackpots begin at $20 million as an annual prize, and increase depending on the number of players and the interest rate for 30 year US Treasury bills.
The winning numbers included 13 36, 45, 57, 67 , and an Mega Ball of 14, and the Mega Millions website was inaccessible due to the "high volume of traffic"
The winning numbers included 13 36, 45, 57, 67 , and an Mega Ball of 14, and the Mega Millions website was inaccessible due to the "high volume of traffic"
There are seven less lucrative prizes that are contingent upon the number and type of balls the ticket matches
The odds of winning a $1 million prize for runner-upwhen a ticket is matched to all five balls of white, but it is not that of the Mega Millions ball are one in 12,607,306.