Oct 24, 2018

There's a single Mega Millions winner in South Carolina

A computer screen showing the $1.6 billion jackpot.

A woman buying a Mega Millions ticket. Photo: Eric Baradat/AFP/Getty Images

A single winning ticket for last night's record-breaking $1.6 billion Mega Millions jackpot was sold in South Carolina, the AP reports.

Details: Lottery winners in South Carolina and seven other states are allowed to remain anonymous. The odds of matching all six winning numbers — which were 5, 28, 62, 65, 70 and a Mega Ball of 5 — were 1 in 302.5 million.

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