The Sol Living Trust Makes Texas Lottery® History With $800 Million Mega Millions® Jackpot Claim

Winning ticket was purchased in Sugar Land

AUSTIN, Texas (October 3, 2024) — The Sol Living Trust, of Sugar Land, Texas, claimed the estimated annuitized $800 million jackpot prize that was advertised for the Mega Millions® drawing held on Sept. 10 – the seventh largest prize in Mega Millions history. The cash value option was selected at the time of purchase and the claimant received $409,297,624 before taxes – the largest prize ever paid out to a single Texas Lottery® player.

The winning Quick Pick ticket, which matched all of the numbers drawn (1-2-16-24-66, Mega Ball 6), was purchased at Murphy USA 8848, located at 7520 Highway 90A, in Sugar Land. For selling the jackpot-winning ticket, the retailer received a $1 million retailer bonus. The winning Mega Millions jackpot started as a $20 million prize on June 7 and rolled 27 times before being hit.

The validated prize winning ticket

The claimant becomes the Texas Lottery’s 15th Mega Millions jackpot winner and the first since Oct. 6, 2023, when The Blue Yucca Trust won an estimated annuitized $360 million prize on a ticket that was purchased in San Angelo. Texas joined the multijurisdictional game in 2003 and had its first Mega Millions jackpot winner in 2004 when Ut Van Nguyen of Carrollton claimed the $101 million advertised jackpot from the Oct. 1, 2004 drawing.

In addition to the Sept. 10 jackpot-winning prize, 175,127 Mega Millions tickets in Texas, including those with the Megaplier® add-on feature, won lower-tier prizes ranging from $2 to $40,000.

“We absolutely love when Texas Lottery players win big, and it’s a tremendous honor to congratulate our state’s largest-ever jackpot winner,” said Ryan Mindell, executive director of the Texas Lottery. “This jackpot win shows that any Texas Lottery ticket could lead to an exciting prize, and if you’re playing, the next one could be yours.”

Mega Millions is played by choosing five numbers from a field of 70 and one Mega Ball number from the second field of 25 numbers. To win the Mega Millions jackpot, players must match all six numbers drawn including the Mega Ball. Players matching fewer numbers may not win the jackpot, but still walk away winners. Mega Millions currently offers a $20 million starting jackpot and a second-tier (Match 5+0) prize of $1 million. By choosing the Megaplier for $1 more per Play, players can multiply their non-jackpot winnings by two, three, four or five times, winning as much as $5 million. Drawings are broadcast each Tuesday and Friday at 10:12 p.m. CT.

About the Texas Lottery

Beginning with the first ticket sold in 1992, the Texas Lottery has generated more than $39 billion in revenue for the state and distributed more than $88 billion in prizes to lottery players. Since 1997, the Texas Lottery has contributed more than $33.7 billion to the Foundation School Fund, which supports public education in Texas. As authorized by the Texas Legislature, certain Texas Lottery revenues benefit state programs including the Fund for Veterans’ Assistance. Since the first veterans’ themed scratch ticket game was launched in 2009, the Texas Lottery has contributed more than $248 million for programs supporting Texas veterans.

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SOURCE: Texas Lottery.