OREANDA-NEWS In the United States, representatives of the Mega Millions lottery reported that a participant in the September drawing hit the jackpot of $ 800 million (about 73 billion rubles). People writes about this.

The unknown lucky winner won a huge sum during the drawing held on September 10th. It is known that he bought a ticket at a gas station in Texas. The winning numbers were 1, 2, 16, 24, 66 and the golden megachar with the number 6.

The lottery's press release notes that the newly-minted multimillionaire will be able to receive about $ 400 million (36.4 billion rubles) after paying all taxes. This win is the seventh largest in the history of Mega Millions.

In addition, it has become the largest for the lottery since March. At that time, an unknown participant in the drawing from the state of New Jersey won $ 1.13 billion (more than 103 billion rubles).