Mega Millions 'Jingles' with $140M Jackpot

By: Georgia Lottery Corporation | WSAV-TV
Published: December 18, 2009

ATLANTA – Georgia Lottery players have a chance to “jingle all the way” with the jackpot for Friday’s Mega Millions drawing at an estimated $140 million to a single annuity winner. It’s the most fun $1 can buy.
Mega Millions offers players two payment options: 26 annual payments in equal installments or a single check worth the cash value of the estimated jackpot. Any lucky Mega Millions player who matches all five white ball numbers, along with the Mega Ball number, could walk away with approximately $5.3 million a year (before taxes) for 26 years with the annuity option. Or a player could select the cash option and win a single check worth approximately $87 million (before taxes).
Any Georgia Lottery retailer who sells a winning Mega Millions jackpot ticket can earn the $25,000 retailer incentive bonus payment. If more than one winning jackpot ticket is sold in Georgia, the retailers selling the winning tickets will share the $25,000 retailer incentive bonus.
As with all other Georgia Lottery games, proceeds from Mega Millions will benefit education in the state of Georgia.
Since its first year, the Georgia Lottery Corporation has returned more than $11.2 billion to the state of Georgia for education. All Georgia Lottery profits go to pay for specific educational programs including Georgia’s HOPE Scholarship Program and Georgia’s Pre-K Program. More than 1.2 million students have received HOPE, and more than 1 million 4-year-olds have attended the statewide, voluntary prekindergarten program.

Mega Millions 'Jingles' with $140M Jackpot

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