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Single ticket in South Carolina wins nearly $1.6 billion Mega Millions jackpot

The Associated Press

A woman buys Mega Millions tickets hours before the draw of the $1.6 billion jackpot, at a liquor store in Downtown Washington DC, on October 23, 2018. - The advertised $1.6 billion Mega Millions prize the world's largest ever lottery jackpot and $620 million Powerball prize aren't quite real. Those are the amount you'd be paid if you chose an annuity, over 29 years. Most winners choose the cash prize, the amount of money the lottery company actually have in the bank ready to pay out. The cash option is still massive, at $904 million for Mega Millions and $354.3 million for Powerball. But those numbers aren't splayed across billboards and shown in countless mini marts across America. (Photo by Eric BARADAT / AFP) (Photo credit should read ERIC BARADAT/AFP/Getty Images)

DES MOINES, Iowa — Lottery officials say someone has won the nearly $1.6 billion Mega Millions jackpot.

Mega Millions officials say a ticket purchased in South Carolina matches all six numbers in Tuesday night’s drawing. The massive jackpot is the world’s largest ever lottery grand prize.

The winning numbers were 5, 28, 62, 65, 70 and Mega Ball 5. No details on where the winning ticket was sold were immediately available.

The jackpot has been growing since July, when a group of California office workers won $543 million.

Mega Millions says the jackpot was $1,537,000,000, just short of record for all lotteries.

The lucky player overcame miserable odds. The chance of matching all six numbers and winning the top prize is 1 in 302.5 million.

Mega Millions is played in 44 states, including Colorado, as well as the District of Columbia and the U.S. Virgin Islands.