<style type="text/css"> article ul li { list-style: disc; padding: 5px 0; } </style> <div style="padding-bottom: 15px;"> <script type="module" crossorigin data-ll="1" data-src="https://instaread.co/js/instaread.player.js"></script> <instaread-player publication="upi"></instaread-player> </div> <div style="clear: both;"></div> <article itemprop="articleBody"> <p><span class="story_dl">Nov. 15 (UPI) --</span> One or more people in Newnan, Ga., bought the only ticket to win the $980 million Mega Millions jackpot on Friday, which is the eighth-largest in the game's history.</p> <p>The winning ticket was the only one with the winning numbers of 1, 8, 11, 12, 57 and the Mega Ball 7, <a href="https://www.megamillions.com/News/2025/Giant-November-Jackpot-Win-for-Georgia.aspx" target="_blank">Mega Millions announced</a> on Saturday. <div class="mt-5 text-center mb-5" style="min-height: 305px;"><div class="playwire-ad-unit"><div class="upi-content" style="margin: 0 auto;"></div></div></div></p> <p>"$980 million is the largest jackpot that's been won since the Mega Millions game changed back in April," Mega Millions Consortium Lead Director Joshua Johnston said.</p> <p>The win also ended the longest drawing streak between jackpot wins in Mega Millions history at 40 drawings since the last jackpot was won in Virginia on June 27.</p> <p>The winning ticket's cash value is $452.2 million and was Quik Pik sold at Publix #1816 at 4000 N. Highway 29 in Newnan, which is about 40 miles southwest of Atlanta.</p> <p>The store will also get a $50,000 bonus for selling the ticket.</p> <p>The winner <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2025/11/15/business/mega-millions-980m-jackpot-winning-ticket-hnk" target="_blank">has the option</a> of accepting annual payments from the $980 million jackpot over 30 years or taking a lump-sum payment of $452.2 million before paying taxes on the windfall. <div class="mt-5 text-center mb-5" style="min-height: 305px;"><div class="playwire-ad-unit"><div class="upi-content" style="margin: 0 auto;"></div></div></div></p> <p>The ticket was the first winner sold in Georgia since November 2016, and the largest jackpot won by an individual in the state's history.</p> <p>Friday's jackpot win surpassed the previous Georgia record set on Oct. 23, 2024, when two people split a $478.2 million <a href="https://www.upi.com/topic/Powerball/" target="_blank" title="Powerball" class="tpstyle">Powerball</a> jackpot after buying the winning ticket in Buford.</p> <p>The two opted to share the cash prize of $230.6 million in that Powerball win.</p> <div class="read-more-inline lato"><h3 class="arimo bold">Read More</h3> <ul><li><a href="https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2025/11/06/lotto-North-Carolina-Education-Lottery-six-years-Cash-5/4841762459026/" onclick="upi_gtag('Story', 'Related Article', 'Odd News');" title="Woman wins $154,168 after using same lottery numbers for six years">Woman wins $154,168 after using same lottery numbers for six years</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2025/11/05/lotto-Maryland-Lottery-mowing-lawn-numbers-Pick-5/1791762374802/" onclick="upi_gtag('Story', 'Related Article', 'Odd News');" title="Man mowing the lawn thinks up random numbers, wins big lottery prize">Man mowing the lawn thinks up random numbers, wins big lottery prize</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2025/10/27/lotto-Iowa-Lottery-Pick-4-second-win-six-months/9131761594808/" onclick="upi_gtag('Story', 'Related Article', 'Odd News');" title="Iowa woman wins her second big lottery jackpot in six months">Iowa woman wins her second big lottery jackpot in six months</a></li></ul></div> </article> <div class="read-more-about"> <ul> <li>Topics</li> <li><a href="https://www.upi.com/topic/Powerball/">Powerball</a></li> </ul> </div> <div data-widget-host="revcontent" data-lz-widget data-pub-id="49476" data-widget-id="288021"></div> <div class="playwire-ad-unit"><div class="upi-content" style="margin: 0 auto;"></div></div> <div class="sections"> <div class="sections-header m-t-20"><div class="widget-header"><h3 class="l-s-25">Latest Headlines</h3></div></div> <div class="row story list m-t-30"> <div class="col-md-12"> <a href="https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2025/11/14/indianapolis-zoo-monkey-escape-recapture/9091763154483/" title="Chimp caught after escaping enclosure, galavanting around zoo" onclick="upi_gtag('Story', 'Latest Headline', 'Odd News');" class="row"> <div class="col-md-4 col-sm-4 col-xs-4"> <img class="lazy" src="/img/clear.gif" data-src="https://cdnph.upi.com/ph/st/th/9091763154483/2025/i/17631592172941/v1.2/Chimp-caught-after-escaping-enclosure-galavanting-around-zoo.jpg?stfi=1" title="Chimp caught after escaping enclosure, galavanting around zoo" alt="Chimp caught after escaping enclosure, galavanting around zoo" width="200" height="166" style="width:200px; 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height: 166px;"> </div> <div class="col-md-8 col-sm-8 col-xs-8"> <div class="category"><span>Odd News</span> <i class="time-ago">// 3 days ago</i></div> <div class="title">Maine gym teacher sinks 1,516 three-pointers in one hour</div> <div class="content"> Nov. 12 (UPI) -- A high school gym teacher from Maine may have earned his third Guinness World Records title by sinking 1,516 three-pointers on the basketball court.</div> </div> <div class="col-md-12 col-sm-12 col-xs-12"><hr></div> </a> </div> </div> </div> <br><span class="story_dl">Nov. 15 (UPI) --</span> One or more people in Newnan, Ga., bought the only ticket to win the $980 million Mega Millions jackpot on Friday, which is the eighth-largest in the game's history.<br>The winning ticket was the only one with the winning numbers of 1, 8, 11, 12, 57 and the Mega Ball 7, <a href="https://www.megamillions.com/News/2025/Giant-November-Jackpot-Win-for-Georgia.aspx" target="_blank">Mega Millions announced</a> on Saturday. <div class="mt-5 text-center mb-5" style="min-height: 305px;"><div class="playwire-ad-unit"><div class="upi-content" style="margin: 0 auto;"></div></div></div><br>"$980 million is the largest jackpot that's been won since the Mega Millions game changed back in April," Mega Millions Consortium Lead Director Joshua Johnston said.<br>The win also ended the longest drawing streak between jackpot wins in Mega Millions history at 40 drawings since the last jackpot was won in Virginia on June 27.<br>The winning ticket's cash value is $452.2 million and was Quik Pik sold at Publix #1816 at 4000 N. Highway 29 in Newnan, which is about 40 miles southwest of Atlanta.<br>The store will also get a $50,000 bonus for selling the ticket.<br>The winner <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2025/11/15/business/mega-millions-980m-jackpot-winning-ticket-hnk" target="_blank">has the option</a> of accepting annual payments from the $980 million jackpot over 30 years or taking a lump-sum payment of $452.2 million before paying taxes on the windfall. <div class="mt-5 text-center mb-5" style="min-height: 305px;"><div class="playwire-ad-unit"><div class="upi-content" style="margin: 0 auto;"></div></div></div><br>The ticket was the first winner sold in Georgia since November 2016, and the largest jackpot won by an individual in the state's history.<br>Friday's jackpot win surpassed the previous Georgia record set on Oct. 23, 2024, when two people split a $478.2 million <a href="https://www.upi.com/topic/Powerball/" target="_blank" title="Powerball" class="tpstyle">Powerball</a> jackpot after buying the winning ticket in Buford.<br>The two opted to share the cash prize of $230.6 million in that Powerball win.<br><br><a href="https://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMiggFBVV95cUxNZ2VTYnJYQVNVYWhWUUZUSTZmanAwUVNIM0lJVnYxQ1hGd0V2NW8tMEViQnlmRjl5TllqbFpRNUl3VHdfZlpJY19CSkZ6MjM0S3dKS3hnNnhxSXVuME1nNTVVQVVRTG5GRjlXeTdYVVVUZGhVYzBVUFY2MEx6S3pNQ3hn0gGHAUFVX3lxTE8yMUdNUjhlcVcxZ1B0TWVkUXdaYkRKVGl1N0wtX2lLTlZ4aGZQTFlibGIwSU0xZXlkb2wza3JabGpzOUN0S1BtcHplMlpUUllOdlVnZkZPdklQb0dxdl9PRWpOcmdLTVl3OVh1UEgyY29KQW9QQXAwSVJURGp5dk9mODlGaVJIWQ?oc=5">source</a>
