Who Claimed the $1.337 Billion Mega Millions Jackpot?

The July 29, 2022 Mega Millions jackpot was claimed in Illinois through an entity called The Saltines LLC.

The public claimant record does not show that the prize was won by two men.

The drawing

The winning numbers were 13, 36, 45, 57 and 67, with Mega Ball 14.

The only jackpot winning ticket was sold at the Speedway at 885 East Touhy Avenue in Des Plaines, Illinois.

The final advertised jackpot was $1.337 billion. The cash option was approximately $780.5 million before taxes.

The claim

The prize was claimed in September 2022 through The Saltines LLC. The beneficial owner or owners behind the LLC were not publicly identified in the official claimant information.

That means two different statements can both matter:

The claimant entity became public.

The individual beneficiary or beneficiaries remained private.

It is more accurate to describe the public record that way than to invent the number, sex or identity of the people behind the entity.

Historical significance

At the time, the $1.337 billion prize ranked among the largest Mega Millions jackpots in the game's history. Rankings change as later jackpots grow larger, so a “third largest” description is only accurate for that date.