Although it has been more than three months since someone won the Mega Millions jackpot, officials from the South Carolina Education Lottery said in a press release that a ticket recently sold in the Midlands was only one number away from snapping the streak.
According to the release, the person who came so close to winning the top Mega Millions prize in the drawing on December 17 will get a payout worth $40,000.00. This is despite the fact that the highest Mega Millions prize is reaching new heights.
Currently, efforts are being undertaken to find the winner.
Quick Pantry, a gas station and convenience store at 1096 John C. Calhoun Drive in Orangeburg, sold the winning ticket, which was worth five figures.
The winning numbers for the Mega Millions drawing on December 17 were 56, 66, 67, 68, and 69, with the Megaball number 18.
According to lottery officials, the winning ticket matched four white balls in addition to the gold Megaball number. According to officials, the player’s prize was enhanced from $10,000 to $40,000 after selecting the additional option. The Megaplier number was four, and the player’s prize was quadrupled.
According to the release, the possibility of matching four white balls with the gold Megaball is one in nine hundred thirty-one thousand.
According to the lottery administrators, the winner has one hundred eighty days to collect their prize.
The winner will be allowed to keep some level of anonymity because South Carolina is one of eleven states that allows lottery winners to stay anonymous. Other states in this group include Arizona, Delaware, Georgia, Kansas, Maryland, New Jersey, North Dakota, Ohio, Texas, and Virginia.
The lottery organizers asked the players to “sign the back of your ticket and put it in a safe location until you are ready to come forward to claim the prize.”
Please visit sceducationlottery.com for more information on how to claim awards.
If the winning ticket is turned in to lottery officials, the convenience store will receive a commission for selling it.
The jackpot for the Mega Millions drawing on Tuesday night has climbed to $944 million, and there was no winner in last Friday’s grand prize drawing.
Tickets are $2, although they may be costlier if other options are selected. The odds of winning the Mega Millions jackpot are estimated to be one in 302,575,350.