https://www.siliconvalley.com/2024/12/27/mega-millions-1-2-billion-winning-ticket-sold-in-california/

COTTONWOOD, Calif. – A single ticket sold in Northern California matched all six numbers – white balls 3, 7, 37, 49, 55 and Mega Ball 6 – to win the $1.22 billion jackpot in Friday night’s Mega Millions drawing, according to lottery officials.

The life-changing ticket was sold at Sunshine Food and Gas at 3505 Rhonda Road in Cottonwood, a Shasta County community off Interstate 5 between Red Bluff and Redding, the California Lottery said on its website.