Mega Millions: One ticket in Illinois wins the second-largest Mega Millions jackpot of nearly $1.34 billion
One ticket bought in Des Plaineshit the top prize in Friday night's drawing, according to, securing the third-largest jackpot of any US lottery game and ending a buildup that began when Mega Millions .The winning ticket was purchased at a Speedway gas station in Des Plaines, roughly a 20-mile drive northwest ofdowntown Chicago, the Illinois Lottery said Saturday. "We have not heard from the winner yet. We don't know whether ... they even know that they won a prize. So I encourage everybody to check your ticket," Illinois Lottery Director Harold Mays told reporters Saturday morning in Chicago.The jackpot rose to $1.337 billion late Friday, up from an earlier estimate of $1.28 billion,