Lottery forms are seen in August at the Presidente Supermarket in the Little Havana neighborhood of Miami. Officials said Wednesday, Sept. 27, that the winner of the $1.6 billion Mega Millions jackpot in August has come forward to claim the prize. Wilfredo Lee/AP file photo hide caption
A Mega Millions ticket is seen as a person makes a purchase inside a convenience store, ahead of Tuesday's Mega Millions drawing of $1.55 billion, Monday, Aug. 7, 2023, in Kennesaw, Georgia. Mike Stewart/AP hide caption
Lottery forms are shown, Monday, Aug. 7, 2023, at the Presidente Supermarket in the Little Havana neighborhood of Miami. Mega Millions jackpot has grown to $1.55 billion, making it the third-largest ever ahead of Tuesday night's drawing. Wilfredo Lee/AP hide caption
Numbers on tickets for the Mega Millions lottery are selected by a purchaser in Los Angeles on Friday. Frederic J. Brown/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
The awnings of a store advertise the sale of lottery tickets, including Mega Millions, Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2023, in New York. Seth Wenig/AP hide caption
The Mega Millions lottery jackpot hit $1.05 billion. Drew Angerer/Getty Images Drew Angerer/Getty Images hide caption
A lottery ticket vending machine offers Mega Millions tickets for sale on Jan. 9 in Chicago. The Mega Millions jackpot has grown to a whopping $1.05 billion. Scott Olson/Getty Images hide caption
A Mega Millions wagering slip is held in Cranberry Township, Pa., on Jan. 12, 2023. Gene J. Puskar/AP hide caption
A Mega Millions sign displays the estimated jackpot of $1.35 billion as a customer purchases a ticket at the Cranberry Super Mini Mart in Cranberry, Pa., on Jan. 12, 2023. Gene J. Puskar/AP hide caption
Billion-dollar lottery jackpots are not as rare as they once were. Here, a banner hangs over a storefront in Los Angeles, Calif., where a winning lottery ticket was sold earlier this summer. Frederic J. Brown/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
A Mega Millions customer purchases her tickets for the estimated jackpot of $1.1 Billion at the Fuel On Convenience Store in Pittsburgh, Monday, Jan. 9, 2023. Twenty-four consecutive drawings later with no grand prize winner named, the Mega Millions jackpot is now over $1 billion, making it one of the largest jackpots in lottery history. The next drawing is Friday. Gene J. Puskar/AP hide caption
A Mega Millions lottery slip is displayed at Lucky Mart in Chicago on Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2023. After nearly three months of lottery losing, the Mega Millions jackpot has swelled above $1 billion. The odds of winning the top lottery prize are formidable at 1 in 302.6 million. Teresa Crawford/AP hide caption
Roberto Ramirez checks his SuperLotto Plus ticket Friday at a gas station in Altadena, Calif. Damian Dovarganes/AP hide caption
A lottery ticket vending machine is seen at a convenience store Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2023, in Northbrook, Ill. Nam Y. Huh/AP hide caption
A customer is shown filling out a Mega Millions lottery ticket at a convenience store in Northbrook, Ill., on Jan. 6, 2021. The holiday shopping season, for Mega Millions lottery ticket buyers, at least, is ramping up as officials say the estimated jackpot for the drawing the night of Tuesday, Dec. 27, 2022, has surpassed half a billion dollars. Nam Y. Huh/AP hide caption
A customer is handed Powerball lottery tickets to purchased at Lichine's Liquor & Deli in Sacramento, Calif., Monday, Oct. 31, 2022. The jackpot for Monday night's drawing soared to $1.9 billion after no one matched all six numbers in Saturday night's drawing. Rich Pedroncelli/AP hide caption
A customer walks in to the Speedway gas station in Des Plaines, Ill., where the winning Mega Millions lottery ticket was sold on July 30. Two people who wish to remain anonymous have claimed the $1.337 billion jackpot, officials said Wednesday. Nam Y. Huh/AP hide caption
A Mega Millions lottery ticket at a store on July 29 in Arlington, Va. The winner of the $1.34 billion jackpot has not come forward to claim their prize yet. Olivier Douliery/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
The winning lottery ticket in the recent Mega Millions jackpot is worth $1.337 billion, but because of an Illinois law, the identity of who bought it might never be revealed. In most states, anonymity isn't an option. Steve Helber/AP hide caption
A man walks past a newsstand with advertisements for the Mega Millions lottery on Tuesday. The $1.537 billion Mega Millions winning lottery ticket was sold in South Carolina. Drew Angerer/Getty Images hide caption
Holding a dream: Customers lined up Tuesday at a shop in Tallapoosa, Ga., to buy Mega Millions tickets. Erik S. Lesser/EPA/LANDOV hide caption