The winning $266 million dollar ticket was purchased in Pico Rivera, California
Weeks of anticipation leading up to a $266 million dollar jackpot in the Mega Millions lottery ended on Tuesday night.
Officials with the lottery announced that a single winning ticket was purchased in Pico Rivera, California.
Organizers are expected to post information about the winner later.
The winning numbers in last night's drawing are 9-21-31-36-43 with a Mega Ball of 8.
Lottery officials released the following breakdown for winners:
| Match Numbers | Winners | Prize |
| | |
| 5 + 1 | 1 | $266,000,000 |
| 5 + 0 | 28 | $250,000 |
| 4 + 1 | 106 | $10,000 |
| 4 + 0 | 5,032 | $150 |
| 3 + 1 | 5,700 | $150 |
| 2 + 1 | 96,816 | $10 |
| 3 + 0 | 256,700 | $7 |
| 1 +1 | 585,040 | $3 |
| 0 + 1 | 1,092,037 | $2 |
The lottery starts again at $12 million dollars with a drawing on Friday.
Grand prize winners to the lottery must match five numbers and a sixth "Mega Ball" to win the full amount.
Paying $1 dollar extra allows players to pick a Megaplier of 2, 3 or 4 can double, triple or quadruple their non-jackpot winnings.
The odds of winning the jackpot are approximately 1 in 175 million while the odds of winning any of the Mega Millions prizes are approximately 1 in 40.
Mega Millions is played in Texas, 37 other states and the District of Columbia.
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