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The summer celebration is in full swing.<\/p>\n

A lucky Mega Millions player in Florida won the $800 million jackpot Tuesday night, the largest prize for the lottery game this year.<\/p>\n

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The winning numbers were 34, 48, 49, 59, 70 and the gold Mega Ball 12.<\/p>\n

The unidentified ticketholder can choose between the $800 million prize or a one-time $344.2 million cash payout.<\/p>\n

The odds of hitting a jackpot are 1 in 290,472,336.<\/p>\n

It is the tenth largest prize in game history, surpassing the $656 million jackpot shared by three winners from Illinois, Kansas and Maryland in March 2012. <\/p>\n

Two other ticketholders matched all five white balls, winning the second-tier prize.<\/p>\n

One winner in New York won $3 million by using the 3 times multiplier. Another player in Illinois won $5 million by playing the 5x multiplier.<\/p>\n

It was not immediately clear where the three tickets were purchased.<\/p>\n

Florida, which has six Mega Millions grand prize recipients in the game\u2019s history, has its first winner since August 2023, when two winning tickets were sold in a span of three drawings.<\/p>\n

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The first, on August 8, holds the record for the largest Mega Millions jackpot in history, when Saltines Holdings, LLC, in Neptune Beach, Florida, claimed the $1.62 billion prize.<\/p>\n

The second drawing, on August 15, matched the numbers for the $39 million pot but went unclaimed, according to the state lottery.<\/p>\n

Tuesday\u2019s win is the first time the Mega Millions jackpot has been hit since March 17, when The Happy Trails Trust struck gold and won the $60 million prize in Van Wert, Ohio.<\/p>\n

A week earlier, an anonymous online player in Illinois won the $536 million grand prize on March 10.<\/p>\n

Both winners have chosen the cash sum option, earning them $27.1 million and $245.6 million, respectively.<\/p>\n

Read more Mega Millions ticket holder wins $800M jackpot<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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