Harold Mayes, the director of the Illinois Lottery, said Saturday that a winner had not yet come forward to claim a US$1.3 billion Mega Millions jackpot, which is the second largest in the lottery’s history. Mayes said the jackpot had climbed from US$1.2 billion to approximately US$1.34 billion “based on last-minute sales.”
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