Overview
- A single ticket sold in Florida matched all six numbers in the July 28 drawing to claim the estimated $800 million Mega Millions jackpot.
- The winning numbers were 34, 48, 49, 59 and 70 with Mega Ball 12, and the odds of hitting the jackpot are about 1 in 290,472,336.
- Mega Millions offers the winner a 30-year annuity totaling $800 million or a one-time cash option near $344.2 million before taxes, with a mandatory 24% federal withholding and likely higher final federal tax owed; Florida does not tax lottery prizes.
- Some reports identify a Wawa on State Road 70 in Bradenton as the retailer that sold the ticket but officials say the location and the winner remain unverified until the claimant completes the formal claim process.
- The prize ends a 38-drawing rollover that generated roughly 10.9 million non-jackpot winners paying over $273 million, ranks as the 10th-largest Mega Millions jackpot in history, and leaves the game reset to an estimated $50 million while Powerball continues to grow.