Mega Millions winning ticket for $1.22 billion lottery jackpot sold in California
The winning ticket was sold in Cottonwood, Calif. The December 27 drawing alone produced 5,691,299 winning tickets across all prize tiers, in addition to the jackpot-winning ticket. Five tickets matched the five white balls to win the game's second-tier prize; two were sold in California, and one each in Arizona, Missouri and Texas.