A big $40,000 mega millions lottery ticket is sold out in CT recently

The main jackpot for the Mega Millions may still be on the table, but a smaller prize was on a ticket sold in Connecticut.

According to the Connecticut Lottery, a ticket was sold in the state that matched four white balls, the mega ball and had a megaplier. That’s good enough for a $40,000 prize. The winning numbers were 8, 24, 30, 45, and 61.

The mega ball was 12 and the megaplier was X4. The jackpot for Mega Millions climbed to $1.25 billion with no winner in Tuesday night’s drawing.

That makes it one of the largest jackpots in U.S. history. The odds of winning it are 1 in 302.6 million.

The new jackpot is for a sole winner who chooses to collect through an annuity, with annual payments over 30 years.

A sole winner who opts for a lump sum payment would receive an estimated $625.3 million.