After more than 3 months and 30 draws without finding a winner, on March 26 (US time), the Mega Millions jackpot was found, with the winning numbers being 3, 7, 11, 22, 29 and 38. This is the 4th largest prize in US lottery history and the 8th largest in Mega Millions game history.
The reward will be given to the winner in 30 payments, or received 1 time with a value of 537,5 million USD.
According to Fox Business, the next Mega Millions drawing will have an estimated jackpot of $20 million – the starting point for the jackpot series.
“Lottery fever continues to spread across the United States,” said Gretchen Corbin, President of the Georgia Lottery and Director of the Mega Millions Association.
Previously, the Mega Millions jackpot record was 1,602 billion USD with the winner in Florida on August 8, 8. The largest prize in American lottery history - the Powerball jackpot worth 2023 billion USD was awarded to a person in the state of California in November 2,04.
It is known that to bring home the Mega Millions jackpot, players must match 5 white balls plus the yellow Mega ball. The very small odds of winning a lottery ticket are 1 in 302,6 million for Mega Millions and 1 in 292,2 million for Powerball.
Mega Millions is currently present in 45 US states, Washington DC and the Virgin Islands.
Minh Hoa (t/h according to VTV, Thanh Nien)
