The fifth largest lottery, the Mega Million jackpot ticket worth $1.13 billion, has been won by a ticket holder from New Jersey on Tuesday night, Diario ASreported.
The winner now has the option to either cash out a lump sum amount of $537.5 million or receive the drawings in annual payments.
The winner from New Jersey has beaten the odds by one in 302,575,350. He is the first winner of 2024 and the last prize was won on December 8 in California.
The Mega Millions jackpot amount today has been reset to $20 million and the next drawing is scheduled to be on Friday.
The Powerball jackpot is also on its way to reach $1 billion after no one won the $865 million lottery on Wednesday.
According to a Harvard professor, the tip is to choose completely random numbers, without any patterns. Statistically, some white ball numbers which appear more often are 31, 17, 46, 20 and 10.
While the most repetitive Mega Ball numbers are 9, 15, 3, 10 and 1.
Furthermore, he said, the best way to increase your chances of winning is by buying more tickets, with different Mega Ball numbers, King 5 reported.