The California Lottery revealed the winner of the $1.2-billion lottery jackpot during a news conference Monday.
The winner was identified as Rosemary Casarotti. Officials didn’t offer any biographical location for Casarotti, nor was she there during Monday’s announcement.
She opted to take the lump sum of her winnings, which will amount to more than $570 million. She purchased the winning ticket at Sunshine Food and Gas at 3505 Rhonda Road in Cottonwood on Dec. 27, officials said.
California lottery officials are required under state law to publicly identify the winners.
According to the lottery, the jackpot was California’s largest Mega Millions prize in history. The odds of drawing all five of the winning numbers and the Mega number were at 1 out of 302.5 million.
At the time, the jackpot had been growing since Sept. 10. Prior to that, a player won an $810 million prize from a ticket sold at a gas station in Texas.
