One lucky Wisconsin resident claimed a $5.9 million Megabucks jackpot Friday, the Wisconsin Lottery has announced.
Matthew Neal of Sheboygan, Wisconsin, came forward to claim his prize from the January 16 drawing, according to a press release from the Wisconsin Lottery. He had 180 days to claim the prize.
With the claim deadline of July 15 approaching, people were beginning to wonder if the prize would be lost.
Neal bought the winning ticket at the Kwik Trip at 625 South Taylor Drive in Sheboygan.
The winning numbers were 1, 5, 28, 29, 37, and 44.
The $5.9 million jackpot is the largest Megabucks prize won since 2015 and the odds of winning the Megabucks jackpot are 1 in 6,991,908.
Whoo! That was awfully close, nice to know it wasn't someone who just forgot about the ticket.
Congrats to Matt!
I worked in Sheboygan for a while and always bought my lottery tickets at that kwik trip. I wonder why he waited so long.
We may never know why!
I think he waited for the hoopla to die down, but now everyone will see him and his name as the guy who waited so long to cash in his million dollar ticket
I agree. Now he's more famous.
Too close for comfort. Congrats
Maybe the winner was hoping for Wisconsin to allow winners to remain anonymous but tome ran out.
Congrats Mathew on becoming a new lottery Millionaire. Spend wisely. Sure hope you got sound advise in your 5+ months prior to collection.
Now on their website it has the first name and last initial sans photograph. Like another poster said earlier now he is famous because first and last name were reported on. Maybe he shouldn't have waited so long....
With the claim deadline of July 15 approaching, people were beginning to wonder if the prize would be lost.
Megabuck is a computer RNG game and lottery security was probably expecting an elderly NY lawyer to show up in the final hour to claim on behalf a Belize trust.