Ticket bought in Chicago suburb wins $1.28 billion. Mega Millions jackpot

CHICAGO – Someone in a Chicago suburb beat the odds and won the $1.28 billion Mega Millions jackpot.

According to megamillions.com, there was one jackpot-winning ticket in Friday night’s drawing, and it was purchased at a Speedway gas station and convenience store in Des Plaines.

The winning numbers were: 13-36-45-57-67, Mega Ball: 14.

“We are thrilled to have witnessed one of the largest jackpot wins in Mega Millions history,” Ohio Lottery Director Pat McDonald, who currently serves as Lead Director of the Mega Millions Consortium, said in a statement on the lottery’s website. “We are anxious to find out who won and look forward to congratulating the winner soon!”

The jackpot was the country’s third largest lottery prize. It grew so big because no one had matched the game’s six selected numbers since April 15th. That’s 29 draws in a row without a jackpot winner.

The $1.28 billion prize is for winners who choose the annuity option, paid annually over 29 years. Most winners choose the cash option, which for Friday night’s drawing was an estimated $747.2 million.

The odds of winning the jackpot are 1 in 302.5 million.

According to the Illinois Lottery, the store that sold the ticket is also a pretty big winner; it will receive half a million dollars just for selling the ticket.

Mega Millions is played in 45 states as well as Washington, DC and the US Virgin Islands. The game is coordinated by state lotteries.