Wed, 09 Aug 2023

A ticket sold in Florida has won the $1.58 billion Mega Millions jackpot

One ticket sold in Florida has won Tuesday night

s estimated $1.58 billion Mega Millions jackpot

expected to be the largest in the lottery’s history

according to the lottery’s website.

The winning numbers were 13, 19, 20, 32, 33 with a gold Mega Ball of 14.

The winning ticket was sold at a Publix supermarket in Neptune Beach

Florida, according to the state’s lottery.

A $1.58 billion jackpot –

if the prize is confirmed at that level

would exceed the Mega Millions record of $1.537 billion won in South Carolina in 2018,

the lottery said.

The holder of Tuesday’s winning ticket could choose to spread

the full amount in annual payments over 29 years

or receive a lump sum payment estimated at about $783 million

both before taxes, according to Mega Millions.

The all-time record for largest lottery

jackpot was a $2.04 billion Powerball prize won last year in California.

Tracking the Mega Millions lottery jackpot

The jackpot for the Mega Millions lottery grows each time there is no grand prize winner. It has been 1 day since the last winner.