Here’s how big your payday would be in NC for winning the $1.1 billion Mega Millions drawing

FILE – Mega Millions lottery tickets and a wager slip are displayed, Friday, Jan. 6, 2023, in Derry, N.H. An estimated $1.1 billion Mega Millions jackpot…

FILE – Mega Millions lottery tickets and a wager slip are displayed, Friday, Jan. 6, 2023, in Derry, N.H. An estimated $1.1 billion Mega Millions jackpot drawing Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2023, has people lined up at convenience stores nationwide to buy tickets in longshot hopes of winning a massive prize, but shop and gas station owners selling the tickets also have a chance at a big-figure bonus. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)

by: Joedy McCreary

Posted: Jan 10, 2023 / 02:46 PM EST

Updated: Jan 10, 2023 / 02:46 PM EST

RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) — A Mega Millions winner in North Carolina on Tuesday night could take home nearly $600 million in cash, lottery officials say.

Education Lottery officials say a winner from the state could choose to collect the $1.1 billion — the third-largest jackpot in the history of the game — as an annuity or take $576.8 million in cash.

It’s the fifth-largest jackpot in U.S. history.

Lottery officials say that while nobody won the big jackpot last Friday, there were a handful of smaller — but still significant — prizes won in North Carolina.

One $30,000 ticket was sold in Fayetteville, and four others worth $10,000 apiece were sold in Charlotte, Boone, Winston-Salem and the Brunswick County town of Belville.