The months-long wait for a new Mega Millions winner ended on Friday night with one winner of the lottery's massive $1.05 billion jackpot in Michigan. The winner of the grand prize, which is the third-largest lottery jackpot in U.S. history, has yet to come forward. But, the winning ticket was purchased in a Kroger supermarket in Novi, Michigan, a suburb of Detroit, the lottery announced in a press release. (Michigan is among the U.S. states that allow lottery winners to remain anonymous, so it's possible the winner's identity will never become public.) The huge jackpot came just a few days after someone won the Powerball grand prize after the jackpot climbed north of $731 million. That winner bought their ticket in Maryland, where lottery winners are also allowed to remain anonymous and they have not yet been identified. The Mega Millions and Powerball lottery jackpots were climbing for months, building anticipation for a pair of drawings with grand prizes that are among the largest ever for the national lotteries. The Powerball prize had been the fifth-largest jackpot ever claimed in the U.S., but Friday's Mega Millions prize knocked it out of the top five. The all-time record for a U.S. lottery drawing came in January 2016, when three winners split a prize of nearly $1.59 billion. The odds of winning the top Powerball prize was roughly one in 292.2 million, according to Powerball, while the odds for Mega Millions' top prize were about one in 302.5 million. Lottery winners choose between receiving their winnings in an annuity — with payments over 30 years — or the more popular option, a single lump sum payment in a smaller amount (that's the option Kevin O'Leary says you should choose). 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ONE lucky US lottery player has today won the staggering $768million Powerball jackpot - the third largest prize in the country's history. The winning player purchased their ticket in Wisconsin, lottery bosses announced this morning. 3 One lucky player in Wisconsin can claim the staggering $768million jackpot prize Credit: EPA 3 Powerball bosses had estimated the jackpot to be worth $750million Credit: AP:Associated Press They chose the magic numbers 16, 20, 37, 44, 62, as well as the Powerball number 12. Seven tickets matched all five white balls, but missed matching the red Powerball to win a $1m (£760,000) prize. Those tickets were sold in Arizona, two in California, Indiana, Missouri, New Jersey and New York. Two other tickets, sold in Kansas and Minnesota, matched all five white balls and doubled the prize to $2 million, because the tickets included the Power Play option for an additional $1. WINNING DRAW After months without a winner, lottery officials drew the winning numbers on Wednesday evening. The prize has grown steadily since the last jackpot winner on December 26. And the jackpot-winning player beat mind-bending odds of one in 292.2 million to earn the prize - although they are yet to claim it. David Barden, Powerball Product Group chairman and New Mexico Lottery CEO, said: "It's going to be a very green spring for our first Powerball jackpot winner of 2019. "A jackpot of this size can make many dreams come true - not just for the winner, but for all Lottery beneficiaries and the lucky state of Wisconsin." The $768m (£582m) figure refers to the annuity option - paid over 29 years. Nearly all grand prize winners opt for the cash prize, which for Wednesday's drawing stands at $477 million (£361.4m). MOST READ IN WORLD NEWS Exclusive OUT OF THIS WORLD Negative from film said to depict Roswell alien autopsy on sale for £710k BETRAYAL OF TRUST Woman, 22, 'lured off street by paramedic and gang raped in ambulance' Latest FERRY DISASTER More than 150 feared dead after overloaded ferry 'breaks in two' and sinks CLINGING TO LIFE Hotel owner left critical after catching deadly from Aussie mouse plague CRYPTO KILLER Bondage-obsessed Bitcoin trader ‘went crazy’ & strangled lover to death SLIPPERY CHARACTER Massive deadly snake lurks in Aussie back garden... can YOU spot it? Powerball is played in 44 states, plus Washington, DC, the U.S Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico. The $768.4 million is the third-largest behind the world record $1.586 billion (£1.2bn) Powerball jackpot shared by winners in California, Florida and Tennessee in January 2016, A $1.537bn (£1.16bn) Mega Millions jackpot was won in South Carolina last October. 3 People queue outside the Lotto Store in Primm, California, to buy tickets for Wednesday's draw Credit: AP:Associated Press More to follow... For the latest news on this story keep checking back at Sun Online. Thesun.co.uk is your go to destination for the best celebrity news, football news, real-life stories, jaw-dropping pictures and must-see video. Download our fantastic, new and improved free App for the best ever Sun Online experience. For iPhone click here, for Android click here. Like us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/thesun and follow us from our main Twitter account at @TheSun.