{"id":1624988,"date":"2022-08-29T06:17:55","date_gmt":"2022-08-29T10:17:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1624988"},"modified":"2022-08-29T06:18:47","modified_gmt":"2022-08-29T10:18:47","slug":"1-34-billion-mega-millions-lottery-winner-hasnt-come-forward-yet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/1-34-billion-mega-millions-lottery-winner-hasnt-come-forward-yet\/","title":{"rendered":"$1.34 Billion Mega Millions Lottery Winner Hasn\u2019t Come Forward Yet"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2F1-34-billion-mega-millions-lottery-winner-hasnt-come-forward-yet%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1624988&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47-->\n<div class=\"featured featured-video video-ct\">\n<div class=\"contain\">\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p>Check out what&#8217;s clicking on FoxBusiness.com.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The lucky Illinois ticket holder who won the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxbusiness.com\/lifestyle\/mega-millions-winning-ticket-sold-illinois-1-28-billion-jackpot\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><u>$1.3 billion Mega Millions jackpot<\/u><\/a> almost a month ago remains a mystery, even from organizers.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxbusiness.com\/category\/lottery\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mega Millions allows winners<\/a> to remain anonymous if they so choose \u2014 most often to afford negative attention or unwanted solicitations for money.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>However, the winning ticket for this month&#8217;s historic jackpot has not been claimed at all.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We don&#8217;t know whether or not they even know that they won a prize,&#8221; Harold Mays, director of Illinois&#8217; lottery, said in a Friday statement to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2022\/aug\/26\/mega-millions-lottery-prize-winner-unclaimed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The Guardian<\/a>. &#8220;So, I encourage everybody to check your ticket.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxbusiness.com\/money\/mega-millions-jackpot-how-much-will-winner-owe-taxes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><u>MEGA MILLIONS JACKPOT: HOW MUCH WILL WINNER OWE IN TAXES?<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"inline image-ct\">\n<div class=\"m\"><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p><span>A Mega Millions jackpot winning ticket was purchased at a Speedway location in Des Plaines, Illinois, Friday, July 29, 2022.<\/span><span> (Google Street View \/ Google Maps)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The winning ticket was sold at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxbusiness.com\/money\/mega-millions-drawing-illinois-speedway-gas-station-winning-ticket-big-commission\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><u>Speedy Caf\u00e9 Speedway gas station<\/u><\/a> on East Touhy Avenue in Des Plaines, Illinois. The winning numbers were listed as 13, 36, 45, 57, 67 and the gold Mega ball was 14. The Megaplier was 2X.<\/p>\n<p>Lottery officials are encouraging regular players to double-check their numbers.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxbusiness.com\/lifestyle\/mega-millions-billion-jackpot-take-lump-sum-annual-payouts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>MEGA MILLIONS JACKPOT: SHOULD YOU TAKE A LUMP SUM OR ANNUAL PAYOUTS?<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"inline image-ct\">\n<div class=\"m\"><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Mega-Millions-Jackpot-Ticket-2.jpg\" alt=\"Mega Millions lottery tickets are seen in New York City\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p><span>A man holds Mega Millions lottery tickets on July 29, 2022, in New York City.<\/span><span> (John Smith\/VIEWpress \/ Getty Images)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>If the prize remains unclaimed for one year, the money will be returned to each state that participates in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxbusiness.com\/money\/mega-millions-jackpot-how-much-will-winner-owe-taxes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mega Millions<\/a>. The winner also has 60 days to decide whether to receive the money in a lump sum or annuity.<\/p>\n<p>Individual states can have public disclosure laws that require the identity of winners to be published, but <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/us\/us-regions\/midwest\/illinois\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><u>Illinois does not<\/u><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Illinois lottery did not respond to multiple requests for comment from FOX Business.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Check out what&#8217;s clicking on FoxBusiness.com. The lucky Illinois ticket holder who won the $1.3 billion Mega Millions jackpot almost a month ago remains a mystery, even<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1624991,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1624988","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1624988","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1624988"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1624988\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1624991"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1624988"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1624988"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1624988"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}