Probably, each inhabitant Simpsonville in South Carolina has a theory about, perhaps, the main intrigue of life in the city: who won the jackpot Mega Millions to $1.5 billion in October 2018?
Maybe the winner after seeing the winning numbers was so stunned that he died on the spot? Or he’s a criminal is on the run and afraid of background checks? Maybe the winning ticket by mistake threw it in the trash and now he’s buried somewhere in the dump? Or the man just lost it, not knowing that at the same time can pick up $878 million?
And the clock is ticking — the time when it is still possible to claim their right to the prize expires April 19, at 17.00.
The winning ticket was sold at the KC Mart March in Simpsonville between 20 and 23 October.
If the winner doesn’t show, jackpot (the 2nd biggest in the history of lotteries USA) will be distributed among 44 States participating in the lottery (plus the Us virgin Islands and the district of Columbia).
Will lose, first of all, South Carolina, which is already budgeted 2019 income tax on the gain in the amount of $61 million the Other big loser is the shop owner: he did not receive my bonus of $50 thousand. However, according to JI Patel, an employee of KC Mart, they have dramatically increased sales after they are posted on the shop the sign: «Here was sold the winning ticket Mega Millions for $1.5 billion.»
Jackpots, even large ones, remained unclaimed in the past, but this overshadows everything ever visited.
According to the representative of the Mega Millions lottery, the largest prize for which no one came, made $68 million This ticket was sold in 2002 in new York.
