Casarotti matched all five white numbers drawn and the gold Mega Ball -- 3-7-37-49-55 MB: 6 -- for the drawing held on Dec. 27, 2024 to win a jackpot worth $1.269 billion. She elected to receive her money as a lump-sum payment of $571 million less federal taxes.

One woman became a certified, albeit temporary, billionaire because she was the only person in the entire country to match all six Mega Millions drawing numbers, California Lottery officials revealed Monday.

Mega Millions winning numbers are in for the Tuesday, March 18 drawing with an estimated jackpot of $301 million ($140 million cash option). The winning numbers for Tuesday's Mega Millions drawing are: 27,