Someone found in Michigan wins $1.05 billion Mega Millions jackpot

Someone in Michigan bought the winning ticket for the $1.05 billion Mega Millions jackpot, which is the third-largest lottery prize in U.S. history.

The winning numbers for Fri night’s drawing were 4, 26, 42, 50 and 60, with a Mega Ball of 24. The winning ticket was acquired at a Kroger retail outlet in the Detroit suburb of Novi, the Michigan Lottery explained.

“Someone found in Michigan woke up to life-changing news today, and Kroger Michigan congratulates the hottest Michigan multimillionaire,” said Rachel Hurst, a good regional spokeswoman for the grocery chain. She declined to comment further.

The Mega Millions top prize have been growing since Sept. 15, whenever a earning ticket was distributed in Wisconsin. The lottery's up coming estimated jackpot is $20 million.

Fri night's drawing came just two days and nights after a ticket sold in Maryland matched all 6 figures drawn and won a $731.1 million Powerball jackpot.

The jackpot figures refer to amounts if a winner opts for an annuity, paid in 30 total annual installments. Just about all winners choose a dollars prize, which for the Mega Millions game would be $776.6 million before taxes and $557 million after taxes, Michigan Lottery spokesman Jake Harris said.

“No chance!” Ryan Gabrielli advised The Detroit Media after store shopping Saturday at the lucky Kroger. “We designed to play the lottery but forgot to.”

Harris said the ticket holder should indication the trunk and keep it found in a safe place.

“I wouldn't be surprised if the winning ticket holder held onto that ticket for a bit, got their affairs in order, come up with a financial strategy and reached out to get hold of us,” he said.

Simply two lottery prizes in the U.S. have already been bigger than Friday's jackpot. Three tickets for a $1.586 billion Powerball jackpot were sold in January 2016, and one winning ticket sold for a $1.537 billion Mega Millions jackpot in October 2018.

In Grosse Ile, a suburb southern of Detroit, 126 people bought a lot more than 600 tickets for the Friday drawing but didn't win the jackpot. They hoped to win enough money to displace a publicly owned bridge on their island in the Detroit River that has been closed indefinitely for main repairs. The only other transportation alternative for the island's 10,000 citizens is a privately possessed toll bridge.

“We used this to lift up our spirits and desire a bit,” stated organizer Kyle de Beausset. “Of lessons we're available to any support with the bridge, but I can't imagine the winner would like to finance it.”

The chances of winning a Mega Millions jackpot were incredibly steep, at one in 302.5 million.

The game is played in 45 states together with Washington, D.C., and the U.S. Virgin Islands.