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One lucky person is taking home the Mega Millions jackpot cash.
At around 1 a.m. ET Saturday, the list of lottery winners was announced. A person in Michigan won the jackpot, estimated at $1 billion or $739.6 million as a lump-sum, before taxes.
Their identity has not yet been revealed.
The Mega Millions jackpot increased to $1 billion for Friday night's drawing.
The winning numbers were 4-26-42-50-60 with a Mega Ball number of 24.
It is the second-largest jackpot in Mega Millions history and the third-largest in U.S. lottery history, Mega Millions lottery officials said. The $1.537 billion won by a person in South Carolina on Oct. 23, 2018 is still the world’s largest lotto prize ever awarded on a single ticket.
This is the 18th Mega Millions jackpot won in Michigan, according to a press release. The last winner in the state shared the prize with a Rhode Island winner on Oct. 13, 2017.
Michigan is one of the original founding members of Mega Millions.
The Match 5 winners were two people in Florida, one in Maryland, one in Missouri, one in New Jersey, one in New York and two in Pennsylvania. Each will take home $1 million. Also, two people -- one in North Carolina and one in Virginia -- won the Match 5 + Megaplier. Each will take home $2 million.
On Wednesday, a winning Powerball ticket worth $731.1 million was sold in Allegany County, Maryland. The ticket was the fourth-largest in Powerball history and the sixth-largest in U.S. lottery history. Lottery winners in Maryland have the right to remain anonymous.
The previous jackpot, which was worth $120 million, was won by a person in Wisconsin on Sept. 15, 2020.
Powerball's jackpot is resetting to $20 million for Saturday's drawing. The next drawing is on Tuesday, Jan. 26.
(ABC)
