As CNN reports one lucky winner in upstate New York chose the right numbers in Friday night's Mega Millions lottery, which has a jackpot of $312 million, the New York Lottery said Saturday.
The winning ticket was sold in Albany, New York.
If the winner chose the cash option when buying the ticket, he or she will receive a one-time, lump-sum payment of $198 million. That amount reflects all the cash in the Mega Millions jackpot prize pool.
No one has yet come forward to claim the prize, the New York Lottery said.
Mega Millions is played in 42 states and is the biggest jackpot game in the country, according to the lottery.
The winner will likely delay as they speak with their CPA, estate planning attorney and start to plan for receiving the millions of dollars like a former Mega Millions winner in Virginia did who took a one time payment of $125 million payout which was $88.9m after taxes which was reported on the blog here. That winner delayed five months to get things in order then continued at their same job as a carpenter. Fortuntately there appears to be no sad stories written about them as is frequently the case where the lottery which should be a great thing turns out to be a curse and changes people's lives for the worse.
Jack Whittaker's situation was reported here. After the lottery 400 lawsuits filed against him, the generous gifts to his granddaugter led her to have the money to develop a drug problem and she eventually died, he was robbed several times and had numerous problems after having been "lucky" enough to win $315 million.
Also a garbage man who had been content with his job and life and was a married guy at the time won $14.3 million then began to act like Charlie Sheen reportedly has the past few years getting involved heavily with drugs, his wife left him and he coped by being with 2000 prostitutes. The probate attorney blog provided information when it happened which can be seen here
Additionally the criminal background of a woman came out after she had won and her estranged husband was then able to make a claim for a portion of the winning. Info can be seen here
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