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An American won the sum of $ 1 billion in Mega Millions, a popular lottery in the United States, on Friday, reports NBC
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The odds he had of winning the jackpot was only a one in over 302 million chance.
This one played the numbers 4, 26, 42, 50, 60 and the complementary number 24, thus winning the third largest jackpot in the history of the American lotto.
If he decides to receive this amount, he will only receive nearly $ 740 million, after taxes and before taxes.
Since last September, no winner has been recorded in this game of chance.
The jackpot, which was then set at 20 million euros, gradually increased until it reached this sum.
Fewer players with the pandemic
NBC explains that no one had won the Mega Millions jackpot for nearly four months because of the decline in the number of participants, in the context of a pandemic.
The game is available in 45 states, the District of Columbia and the US Virgin Islands.
The last time a player had received such a large sum was in 2018. About $ 1.5 billion had been won by then.
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