Lucky Texan wins $800 million Mega Millions jackpot, 7th-largest prize in game history

Someone who purchased a Mega Millions lottery ticket in Sugar Land is about to really be living the sweet life.
A gas station in the Houston suburb sold the winning ticket as the game’s jackpot rose to $800 million, valued at roughly $404.2 million cash. It’s the seventh-largest jackpot in game history.
The ticket was sold at a Murphy USA off Highway 90. It matched all six numbers drawn Tuesday night — the white balls 1, 2, 16, 24 and 66, plus the gold Mega Ball 6.
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This is the 15th Mega Millions jackpot won in Texas since the state joined the game in 2003, according to a news release.
There were more than 2.1 million other winning tickets across all other prize tiers in Tuesday’s drawing with four tickets matching the five white balls to win $1 million prize.
The overall odds of winning any Mega Millions prize are 1 in 24; the odds of winning the jackpot are 1 in 302,575,350.