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Georgia Ticket Sold at Publix Wins $980 Million Mega Millions Jackpot

The win ends a record rollover run, becoming Georgia’s largest lottery payout under this year’s revamped game.

Mega Millions Lottery play slips are displayed for customers at a convenience store in Chicago in April.
A Mega Millions lottery ticket in New York City on Aug. 8, 2023.
A Mega Millions lottery ticket is purchased and printed in the BP on Woodward Avenue in Detroit on Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2023.
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Overview

  • Lottery officials said the single winning ticket was sold at Publix #1816 in Newnan, Georgia.
  • The winning numbers for the Nov. 14 drawing were 1, 8, 11, 12, 57 and Mega Ball 7.
  • The winner can take a 30-year annuity totaling $980 million or a lump-sum cash option estimated at $452.2 million before taxes.
  • The jackpot is the eighth-largest in Mega Millions history and the first top prize claimed since a $348 million win in Virginia on June 27.
  • The April 2025 overhaul raised ticket prices to $5, added automatic multipliers, adjusted odds to roughly 1 in 290 million, and increased the starting jackpot to $50 million.