<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>CHICAGO (Dec 29): A Mega Millions ticket holder in California woke up much richer on Saturday after they matched all six numbers in the lottery hours before to win an estimated US$1.3 billion (RM5.8 billion), the fifth largest jackpot in the game's history.</p></div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>The winning ticket that matched the numbers 3, 7, 37, 49 and 55, plus the gold Mega Ball 6 during Friday's drawing was sold in Cottonwood, California, about 200 miles north of San Francisco, Mega Millions said in a statement.</p></div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>“What an amazing present this holiday season! At an incredibly special time of year, this is both an incredibly special moment for our winner," Joshua Johnston, lead director for the Mega Millions Consortium.</p></div><div class=inPageAd id=div-gpt-ad-inpage></div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>The lottery reached the US$1.269 billion mark after no one matched all six numbers in the previous 30 drawings. Odds of winning the jackpot are 1 in 302,575,350.</p></div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>The largest ever in US lottery jackpot history came in November 2022 when a single ticket holder in California won a US$2.04 billion Powerball jackpot.</p></div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p><i>Uploaded by Magessan Varatharaja</i></p></div>


A Mega Millions ticket holder in California woke up much richer on Saturday after they matched all six numbers in the lottery hours before to win an estimated US$1.3 billion (RM5.8 billion), the fifth largest jackpot in the game's history.

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