A person in California walked into a gas station and walked out a billion dollars richer … they just didn’t know it until last night!
Here’s the deal … a Mega Millions player in the Golden State won the estimated $1.22 billion jackpot — ending the lottery’s three-month drought of having no grand prize winners.
The lucky duck bought the life-changing piece of paper at a Sunshine Food and Gas station in Cottonwood, located in northern California — about 146 miles north of Sacramento.
The winning numbers were 3, 7, 37, 49, 55, and the gold Mega ball of 6. — ultra-lucky ticketholder matched all six numbers, defeating the 1 in 302,575,350 odds of winning the grand prize!
The yet-to-be-identified billionaire can claim the estimated $1.22 billion in annual payouts … or choose the one-time cash payout of approximately $549.7 million…