On Tuesday, a US-state, Florida, player won a $1.58 billion Mega Millions lottery Jackpot, the Mega Millions lottery website showed. The lottery winning numbers were 13, 19, 20, 32, and 33. While the Megaplier was 14, according to the Mega Millions website.
The lottery winner can select by own between receiving in annual payments, the $1.58 billion payment, or taking a cash payment in a lump sum amount of $783.3 million. Last time, the Mega Millions jackpot was won by a New York player in April who received an amount of $20 million.
While the latest amount, $1.58 billion, is not still the highest lottery prize.
According to media reports, A $2.04 billion Powerball jackpot is still the record-highest lottery prize, which was won in November 2022.