1 Florida ticket wins $450 million Mega Millions jackpot

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Saturday, January 6, 2018
1 Florida ticket wins $450 million Mega Millions jackpot
One ticket was sold in Florida that matched all six numbers in Friday's $450 million Mega Millions drawing.

EAGLE ROCK, LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- One ticket was sold in Florida that matched all six numbers in Friday's $450 million Mega Millions drawing.

The jackpot was the fourth-largest in the game's 15-year history. If the winner opts for a single cash payout instead of annual payments, the jackpot amounts to $281 million before taxes.

There were also eight tickets sold that had five of the six winning numbers. The payment is expected to be in excess of $ 1 million. Two tickets, sold in Oklahoma and Texas, will pay off $3 million because the 3X Megaplier was drawn.

The jackpot now resets to $40 million for the next drawing Tuesday.

The jackpot comes amid a renewed national excitement as two jackpots combined totaled more than $1 billion.

Saturday's Powerball jackpot is worth $570 million.

The numbers for Friday's Mega Millions were: 28, 30, 39, 59, 70 Mega Ball: 10

California lottery officials said no ticket with all six of Friday's winning numbers was sold in the state.

One ticket with 5 of the 6 numbers was sold in Daly City and is expected to pay more than $1 million.

No one had hit the Mega Millions jackpot since Oct. 13, 2017, while Powerball has not had a jackpot winner since Oct. 25.

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The largest Powerball jackpot on record was $1.586 billion, which was won in January 2016.

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Powerball is played in 44 states, as well as Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. The odds of winning are one in 292.2 million.

The biggest Mega Millions jackpot dates back to 2012 when three winners split $656 million. The odds of winning the Mega Millions jackpot is one in 302.5 million.

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