Mega Millions jackpot: Single US lottery ticket holder bags £1.1bn to end three months of rollover

A single ticketholder has matched all six numbers to win an estimated 1.35 billion dollars (£1.1 billion) in the US Mega Millions lottery.

After three months of draws which failed to produce a winner, the winning numbers were: 30, 43, 45, 46, 61 and gold Mega Ball 14.

The front page of the Mega Millions website stated there has been a winner of the jackpot in the state of Maine.

The site also says the next grand prize will be for 20 million dollars (£16.3 million) and the cash option will be 10.7 million dollars (£8.7 million), indicating there was a winner of the estimated 1.35 billion-dollar prize.

Mega Millions officials did not immediately release a statement about the jackpot winner.

The 1.35 billion dollar grand prize is for a winner who takes an annuity with annual payments over 29 years. 

Winners almost always choose the cash option, which for Friday night’s drawing was an estimated 724.6 million dollars (£593.4 million).

There had been 25 draws in a row without a jackpot winner, but that streak ended with someone beating the odds of one in 302.6 million to take the top prize. 

The jackpot is the fourth-largest in US history.

Mega Millions is played in 45 states as well as Washington, DC, and the US Virgin Islands.

Press Association – AP Reporters