By Montserrat Arqué
Sep 28, 2023, 11:38 AM EDT
It was last August 8 when the Mega Millions lottery awarded one of the highest prizes in the history of the lottery in the United States, since someone in Florida was very lucky to hit the winning combination that gave him a prize of $1,580 millions of dollars.
The winning ticket for the $1.6 billion Mega Millions was sold at a Publix supermarket in Neptune Beach, a town on the Atlantic coast near Jacksonville; The winning numbers were: 13, 19, 20, 32, 33; and the Mega Ball was the 14th.
According to Florida law, winners of a lottery prize have a period of 60 days from the drawing to be able to claim the entire sum in complete anonymity, and 180 days if they want to receive their money in 30 annual payments. also without his identity being known.
And just before the first deadline was met, AP reported that the Florida Lottery announced that the winner of the $1.6 billion Mega Millions appeared at its offices on September 25, proving himself as the legitimate holder of the prize.
At the moment, no further details have been given about the event, so it is not known if the winner decided to claim his prize in a single sum or preferred to have it paid in annuities.
Generally, most big prize winners have opted to receive the prize in a lump sum, according to the Multi-State Lottery Association.
Mega Millions is played in 45 states, as well as Washington DC and the Virgin Islands.
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