Mega Millions jackpot: Single ticket from Texas gas station wins $800 million prize

Everything is bigger in

Texas

, and that includes lottery jackpots. A ticket purchased at a gas station outside Houston has hit the

Mega Millions jackpot

, winning a staggering $800 million on Tuesday. This win ends a streak of over 20 drawings without a jackpot winner.
Winning details
The lucky ticket was bought at Murphy USA 8848, a gas station located on Highway 90A in Sugar Land, Texas.

The winning numbers were 1, 2, 16, 24, 66, with the gold

Mega Ball

being 6. The store will receive $1 million for selling the jackpot-winning ticket.
Jackpot breakdown

The winner has the option to choose between annual payouts totaling $800 million or a one-time cash option of $404.2 million. Texas law allows winners of prizes over $1 million to remain anonymous.
Recent wins and odds
This is the 15th

Mega Millions

jackpot won in Texas and the first since October 6, 2023, when Blue Yucca Trust claimed a $361 million prize. The odds of winning the Mega Millions jackpot are 1 in 302,575,350.

Other winners
Four other players matched the five white balls to win $1 million each. These tickets were sold in New York, California, Florida, and Washington State. The New York ticket was purchased at Gulf Express in New Windsor, 15 miles north of West Point.
Upcoming drawings
The next Mega Millions drawing, scheduled for Friday the 13th, will revert to a $20 million jackpot. The largest Mega Millions jackpot ever, $1.62 billion, was won in August 2023 at a Publix supermarket in Neptune Beach, Florida. The winning ticket was claimed by

Saltines Holdings

LLC, which opted for the lump-sum payment of $794.2 million.