After two consecutive jackpots and a frenzy in the US, a super-lucky person has won the astronomical sum of 1.22 billion dollars in the US lottery.

The lucky Mega Millions lottery ticket was sold in California and the winner has not been revealed.

The winner can choose:

– To receive the entire amount in monthly installments, over a period of 29 years or
– At once to raise almost half the amount, but not negligible, just over 500 million dollars.

In the draw that took place on Christmas Eve, there were 5 lucky winners who won at least 1 million, but no one had hit the jackpot of one billion. Thus, the jackpot of Friday’s drawing, yesterday, gave 1.22 billion dollars.

It’s about fifth largest US lottery jackpot Mega Millions, featuring jackpots in 45 US states.

The biggest jackpot was $2.04 billion and the lucky lot was also sold in California.