Anonymous winner claims $1.5 billion Mega Millions jackpot

March 5, 2019 at 12:00a.m.

Associated Press

COLUMBIA, S.C.

The South Carolina lottery says a single winner has stepped forward to claim the $1.5 billion jackpot from a drawing last October.

A lottery commission statement says the person submitting the claim for what was the second-largest lottery in U.S. history has chosen to remain anonymous.

It adds that the winner has chosen the cash option, a one-time payment of nearly $878 million. It says that’s the largest jackpot payout to a single winner in United States history.