An American who resides in Arizona won $ 410 million - about 360 million euros - in the Mega Millions, a lottery with a starting ticket of two dollars, CNN reports on Wednesday. The lucky winner had a one in 302,575,350 chance of finding the right combination and pocketing the jackpot.
For the moment, the identity of the winner is not yet known. This person is the only one to have found the six correct numbers for this lottery with the complementary number, the "Golden Megaball", which allows to double the gain.
Over a billion euros already touched
Several options exist for recovering the money. The most used by the winners is the cash option, which allows cash to be received. In this case, the winner will receive $ 316.8 million in cash, from which at least $ 91.2 million will have to be subtracted from US government taxes. In the end, the winner keeps $ 225.6 million for himself, at most - about 198 million euros.
Despite this astronomical gain, it is not in the top 10 of the biggest sums won in the lottery in the United States. The most significant gain was won in 2016 at the Power Ball, with the sum of $ 1.59 billion. At the “Mega Millions” in 2018, a lucky winner also left with $ 1.54 billion.
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