A Georgia truck driver claimed half of the $390 Million jackpot, the richest lottery prize in U.S. history, reports CNN in
this article.Ed Nabors of Rocky Face, Georgia, about 90 miles north of Atlanta, elected to take home his winnings in a lump sum instead of annual installments. He will get $116.5 million before taxes.
Previously the
largest lottery jackpot in the USA was $365 million in 2006, when 8 workers at a Nebraska meatpacking plant hit the Powerball lotto.
Mega Millions is played in the USA - in California, Georgia, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Texas, Virginia and Washington state.
The next draw is worth $105 Million and will be drawn 6 April 2007.
