Mega Millions Winning Ticket Worth $522M Sold in California

SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) —

One lucky person won the Mega Millions lottery jackpot, a whopping $522 million.

The California Lottery Twitter feed says the winning ticket was sold at Ernie’s Liquors in San Jose, California. The name of the winner wasn’t immediately known.

Mega Millions is a multi-state lottery game and one of two big jackpot games in the United States. Its website says the San Jose ticket is the sole winning ticket.

The winning numbers were 1, 2, 4, 19, 29 and 20.

The biggest-ever Mega Millions jackpot — $656 million — was won in March 2012. It was shared by winners in Illinois, Kansas and Maryland.

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