Profitable numbers for $1.22 billion Mega Hundreds of thousands jackpot drawn

A single ticket offered in California received Friday’s $1.22 billion Mega Hundreds of thousands jackpot, the lottery introduced Saturday morning.

The profitable ticket was offered at a Circle Ok comfort retailer at 3505 Rhonda Highway in Cottonwood, California, the California Lottery posted on X.

#BreakingNews – #JACKPOT in California! A really fortunate #MegaMillions ticket offered in Shasta County has hit the massive one, matching all six numbers in tonight’s draw. It got here from the Circle Ok at 3505 Rhonda Highway in Cottonwood.https://t.co/YvOE03KbNM

— CA Lottery Press (@calotterypress) December 28, 2024

The numbers drawn for Friday evening’s jackpot had been 3, 7, 37, 49, 55 and a MegaBall of 6 and a MegaPlier of 3x. This was the fifth-largest profitable sum within the government-run recreation’s historical past.

The jackpot had been rising for greater than three months. The final time somebody had hit the jackpot was on Sept. 10 after a participant in Texas received $800 million.

The $1 billion prize was for the only real winner who chooses to be paid by means of an annuity with 30 annual funds. Winners nearly at all times want the money possibility, which for Friday evening’s drawing can be an estimated $549.7 million.

The Mega Hundreds of thousands is performed in 45 states, D.C. and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Drawings are each Tuesday and Friday at 11 p.m. ET.

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Forty-five states plus Washington, D.C., take part within the Mega Hundreds of thousands drawings. Discover out which state has hit the jackpot essentially the most and what numbers appear to come back up most frequently.