Someone purchased a Mega Millions lottery ticket in Northern California which won an estimated $1.22 billion, marking one of the largest jackpots in U.S. history.
The ticket, sold at Sunshine Food and Gas, has the winner facing the choice between a lump sum of $549.7 million or annual payments for 30 years.
This jackpot is the ninth-largest in U.S. history and was won after the prize had not been claimed since September of the previous year.
Changes to Mega Millions and Powerball have resulted in larger jackpots, with over 10 prizes exceeding $1 billion since 2016, three of them occurring this year.
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