A fortunate winner has come ahead to assert a $1.6bn (£1.32bn) Mega Millions lottery jackpot within the US.
The ticket was purchased at a Publix grocery store in Neptune Beach, close to Jacksonville in Florida.
However, the winner sat on the ticket for some time because the numbers had been drawn at first of August.
Under state legislation, their title should keep nameless for 90 days.
It’s the third-biggest US lottery prize ever – the most important was a $2.04bn (£1.68bn) jackpot in November 2022.
The largest UK prize was in July 2022 when a thriller winner scooped £195m within the EuroMillions.
The Florida winner should now resolve if they need a much-reduced lump sum or the total quantity divided over 30 annual funds.
Whatever they select, federal taxes will take an enormous chunk.
Lottery bosses didn’t say which possibility that they had gone for however practically everybody takes a one-off cost.
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However, an nameless winner in Virginia in March 2023 went for a $156.7m (£129m) yearly cost as an alternative.
Before then, the final time somebody had chosen the annuity was 2014.
Mega Millions is performed in 45 states, Washington DC and the US Virgin Islands.
Source: information.sky.com”