{"id":18545,"date":"2019-03-04T16:04:29","date_gmt":"2019-03-05T00:04:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/anonymous-mega-millions-lottery-winner-claims-1-5b-jackpot-in-south-carolina\/"},"modified":"2019-03-04T16:04:29","modified_gmt":"2019-03-05T00:04:29","slug":"anonymous-mega-millions-lottery-winner-claims-1-5b-jackpot-in-south-carolina","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/anonymous-mega-millions-lottery-winner-claims-1-5b-jackpot-in-south-carolina\/","title":{"rendered":"Anonymous Mega Millions Lottery Winner Claims $1.5B Jackpot In South Carolina"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n The KC Mart in Simpsonville, S.C., after it was announced the winning $1.5 billion Mega Millions lottery ticket was purchased there in October 2018.<\/p>\n

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Jeffrey Collins\/AP<\/p>\n

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Someone in South Carolina claimed the $1.5 billion jackpot from the Mega Millions lottery held in October 2018, ending the mystery of whether anyone would ever come forward to say they had won.<\/p>\n

The winner, who has elected to remain anonymous, chose the one-time payment cash option, making their prize worth nearly $878,000,000. It is the largest jackpot payout to a single winner in U. S. history, according to a statement<\/a> by South Carolina Education Lottery Commission.<\/p>\n

“We are delighted that the winner is a South Carolinian and has come forward to claim this remarkable prize,” said Hogan Brown, the commission’s executive director.<\/p>\n

South Carolina is one in only a handful of states that allows lottery winners to keep their identities secret<\/a>. The others are Delaware, Georgia, Kansas, Maryland, North Dakota, Ohio and Texas.<\/p>\n

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As the Associated Press<\/a> reports, until now there was a great deal of speculation about why the winner had not yet claimed the prize, ranging from suspicions that he or she was a fugitive from the law, dead, or tied up in litigation.<\/p>\n

The winner has retained the representation of New York law firm Rivkin Radler.<\/p>\n

The winning numbers, by the way, were 5,28,62,65, 70 and the mega number 5. They were selected by a Quick Pick.<\/p>\n