Largest lottery jackpot prize ever won by a Texas Lottery® player; 7th largest jackpot prize in Mega Millions history
RELEASE DATE: 9/11/2024
AUSTIN – A jackpot-winning ticket worth an estimated annuitized $800 million for the Mega Millions® drawing held on Sept. 10 was purchased in Sugar Land, marking the largest lottery jackpot prize ever won by a Texas Lottery® player. The jackpot-winning Quick Pick ticket for the seventh largest prize in Mega Millions history was sold at Murphy Express 8848, located at 7520 Highway 90A, and matched all six of the numbers drawn (1-2-16-24-66, Mega Ball 6). The player chose the cash value option at the time of purchase, which was estimated at $404.2 million before taxes prior to the drawing. The prize has not yet been claimed. The winner has 180 days from the draw date to claim the prize and the retailer is eligible to receive a $1 million retailer bonus for selling this jackpot-winning ticket.
The winning Mega Millions jackpot started as a $20 million prize on June 7 and rolled 27 times before being hit. The jackpot for the next Mega Millions drawing on Friday, Sept. 13 will reset to $20 million.
“We are beyond thrilled to celebrate Texas’ largest-ever jackpot winner and can’t wait to meet and congratulate them in person,” said Ryan Mindell, executive director of the Texas Lottery. “If you’re the lucky holder of the winning ticket, be sure to sign it, secure it in a safe place, consult financial and legal advisors and then contact the Texas Lottery before making your way to Austin to claim the prize.”
In addition to the Sept. 10 jackpot-winning prize, 175,127 Mega Millions tickets in Texas, including those with the Megaplier® add-on feature, won lower-tier prizes ranging from $2 to $40,000.
This is the 15th Mega Millions jackpot winner in Texas and the first since Oct. 6, 2023, when The Blue Yucca Trust won an estimated annuitized $360 million prize on a ticket that was purchased in San Angelo. The claimant for that drawing chose the cash value option and received $157,367,045 before taxes; the largest prize ever paid out to a single Texas Lottery player at that time.
Texas joined the multijurisdictional game in 2003 and had its first Mega Millions jackpot winner in 2004 when UT Van Nguyen of Carrollton claimed the $106 million jackpot from the Oct. 1, 2004 drawing...
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