The winner of the $1.2-billion lottery jackpot — a participant who beat the chances by matching all six numbers drawn within the December Mega Thousands and thousands — was named on Monday.
The winner, recognized as Rosemary Casarotti by California lottery officers, who’re required underneath state regulation to publicly establish the winners, bought the profitable ticket at Sunshine Meals and Fuel at 3505 Rhonda Street in Cottonwood on Dec. 27, officers stated.
The lottery supplied no biographical particulars about Casarotti.
The mixture of numbers: 3, 7, 37, 49, 55 and the Mega quantity 6, with the 3x “MegaPlier.”
Casarotti opted to not be current throughout Monday’s announcement. She selected to take the lump sum of her winnings, which can quantity to greater than $570 million.
The jackpot was California’s largest Mega Thousands and thousands prize in historical past, in accordance with the lottery. The odds of drawing all 5 of the profitable numbers and the Mega quantity had been at 1 out of 302.5 million.
Previous to the December win, the jackpot had been received solely thrice in 2024, the fewest wins in any single yr because the sport started in 2002.
On the time, the jackpot had been rising since Sept. 10, when a participant received an $810-million prize from a ticket bought at a gasoline station in Texas.
The prior $6-billion-plus jackpots have all been received in numerous states — South Carolina in 2018, Michigan in 2021, Illinois in 2022, Maine and Florida in 2023 and New Jersey in March, in accordance with the lottery. The sport’s highest jackpot of any state at $1.6 billion was received in Florida in 2023.
Instances employees author Clara Harter contributed to this report.
