$522M Mega Millions Winning Ticket: Waiting For The Winner

SAN JOSE, CA CA — The winning ticket for the fifth largest Mega Millions jackpot in history was purchased at a liquor store in the Bay Area. That ticket is worth more than half-a-billion dollars - $522 million. If the winner chooses the cash option instead of an annuity, the value of the prize is $308.1 million in cash.

Here are the six numbers drawn: 1, 2, 4, 19 and 29, plus the Mega number is 20. The winner has not yet come forward.

The winning ticket was sold at Ernie's Liquors in San Jose. Owner Kawal Sachdev told KPIX5 that he was taking a nap at home when one of his employees called to tell him that the store had sold the winning ticket. He ran down to the store immediately.

"This has been an exciting roll," said Gordon Medenica, Mega Millions Lead Director. "Congratulations to California for taking home the fifth largest jackpot in Mega Millions history."

The top Mega Millions jackpots are:

1. $656 million -- 3/30/2012 -- 3 winners-IL, KS, MD
2. $648 million -- 12/17/2013 -- 2 winners-CA, GA
3. $536 million -- 7/8/2016 -- 1 winner-IN
4. $533 million -- 3/30/2018 -- 1 winner-NJ
5. $522 million -- 7/24/2018 -- 1 winner-CA

The winner has one year to claim their prize. If you are the winner, fill out your claim form and take it to a district office. The closest offices are in South San Francisco and Hayward:

• 2489 Industrial Parkway West
• Hayward, CA 94545
• (510) 670-4630

• 820 Dubuque Avenue
• South San Francisco, CA 94080
• (650) 875-2200

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