Did anyone win the Mega Millions $1.58 billion jackpot on August 4?
YOU may be wondering if there was a lucky scooper of the jaw-dropping $1.58billion jackpot.
Here's everything you need to know about the largest total prize in Mega Millions history.
Did anyone win the Mega Millions on August 4?
After a whopping 31 drawings, one lucky person has won the Mega Millions after a long stretch of lottery futility in the US that had stretched for nearly four months.
Before Tuesday night, no ticket matched all six numbers drawn since April 18.
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The winner's identity has not been revealed.
Mega Millions tickets, which are $2 each, are sold in all states except Alabama, Utah, Alaska, Hawaii and Nevada.
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The odds of winning the Mega Millions jackpot were about 1 in 302.6million.
How much is the Mega Millions August 4 2023?
The total sum of the Mega Millions on August 4, 2023, was an astonishing $1.58billion - making it the third largest in US lottery history.
The $1.58 billion prize is just larger than the $1.537 billion Mega Millions win in South Carolina in October 2018, according to lottery officials.
The winner will now have the option of claiming a single lump sum of around $757.2 million, or opting to claim the full prize in 29 annual payments.
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Where was Mega Millions won?
The mega-win was claimed in Florida - but no further information has been revealed yet.
The jackpot has been on the rise since spring, when a $20 million prize was won in Syracuse, New York, on April 18.
Five other Mega Millions jackpots have been won this year, including a $1.35 billion haul in January, which at the time was the second-largest prize in the lottery game's history.
What is the winning Mega Millions ticket?
The winning numbers were 13, 19, 20, 32, and 33 with a gold Mega Ball of 14 - which matched the one lucky player in Florida, according to the lottery's website.
The jackpot for the next drawing on Friday, August 11, resets to its current starting value of $20 million ($9.9 million cash).
