The ticket that won a jackpot of $1.537 billion in U.S. Mega Millions Lottery was sold in Simpsonville, South Carolina, officials revealed on Wednesday.
The ticket which was bought at a KC Mart convenience store, matched all six numbers, according to the city’s Mayor Janice Curtis.
The town of 22,000, about 14 miles from Grenville, was abuzz as people clamoured to learn more about the winner, but in South Carolina, the person who hit the jackpot can opt to remain anonymous.
The buyer of the ticket beat the odds of 1 in 303 million to win the Mega Millions drawing for one of the largest jackpots in U.S. history.
The jaw-dropping jackpot failed to break the record for lottery winnings, held by the $1.586 billion Powerball prize in January 2016.
Before the drawing, lottery officials had been reporting an expected $1.6 billion jackpot, based on estimates tied to historical patterns, lottery…
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