(NBC, KYMA/KECY) - One person in California got a late Christmas gift from Santa: The $1.22 billion Mega Millions jackpot.

The winning ticket that matched the numbers 3, 7, 37, 49 and 55, plus the gold Mega Ball 6 during Friday's drawing was sold ...

The Dec. 27 drawing led to the fourth Mega Millions jackpot win in 2024. It was the fifth-largest jackpot in history.

A California ticket won the $1.22 billion Mega Millions jackpot, becoming the fifth-largest in the game's history.

The identity of the jackpot winner was not immediately known, but lottery officials in California are expected to reveal it.

At least one US lottery player has plenty to celebrate as they ring in the new year after winning an estimated 1.22 billion ...

The winning ticket was sold in Cottonwood, Calif. The December 27 drawing alone produced 5,691,299 winning tickets across all ...

The Mega Millions lottery has a winner for the first time in three months: a ticket worth an estimated $1.22 billion was sold ...

ARLINGTON, Texas - The winning ticket in Friday's $1.22 billion Mega Millions drawing was sold in California, but there was ...

Friday's winning jackpot is the fifth-highest Mega Millions jackpot of all time and the highest jackpot of the year.

Someone in California may have just become a billionaire as Mega Millions' jackpot-winning ticket was sold in Cottonwood, an area about an hour's drive north of Chico.