The one of the two recent eye-popping Powerball and Mega Millions jackpots still has not had the lucky player holding the winning tickets officially linked to them.
Excitement surrounding lottery jackpots has continued to grow in recent weeks as the current Powerball grand prize has crept higher and higher above $1 billion this week. During the summer, lottery players and spectators saw two billion-dollar jackpots drawn that had a combined value of $2.68 billion, with one from Powerball amounting to $1.08 billion and one from Mega Millions totalling $1.602 billion.
We can confirm that the $1.6 billion jackpot from the August 8 MEGA MILLIONS drawing was claimed on September 25," a spokesperson for the Florida Lottery told FOX Business on Thursday. Those who find themselves with a winning Mega Millions jackpot ticket in Florida must claim it no more than 180 days after the lottery selected the numbers for it, a press release said. They have less time to file a claim if they want to take their winnings as a one-time payout.
The California Lottery has so far not identified someone as the winner of the $1.08 billion jackpot. When reached for comment on Thursday, a spokesperson told FOX Business the organization had no update on the matter. In a July 24 press release, the California Lottery said it "typically does not publicly confirm or acknowledge when a prize claim has been received because there’s no way to be certain any given claim is legitimate.
That $1.4 billion grand prize "ranks as the third largest in the Powerball game and fifth largest among U.S. lottery jackpots," Powerball has said. The drawing for that will next occur Saturday evening. Mega Millions had its most recent drawing Tuesday night, with the jackpot becoming $350 million. For Powerball players, there is a 1 in 292.2 million chance of winning the jackpot. For Mega Millions, the odds are slightly larger, at 1 in nearly 302.6 million.
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