An unknown lottery winner has a choice between $1,000 a week for life or $1 million up front, according to the Missouri Lottery. The winning ticket for the multistate Cash4Life game was sold by a Casey’s convenience store in Cole Camp, Missouri.

A Jackson County, Missouri woman who recently claimed a $1 million Mega Millions prize explains the events that led to her purchasing the ticket.

Someone won $50,000 playing Mega Millions after matching four numbers and the Mega Ball in the Jan. 28 drawing, just missing the estimated $44 million jackpot, the Georgia Lottery said. The winning ticket was sold at a Kroger fuel station in Tucker,

The Mega Millions jackpot was last hit Jan. 17, when an Arizona player won the $112 million grand prize, lottery officials said. To score the jackpot in the Mega Millions, a player must match all five white balls and the gold Mega Ball. The odds of scoring a jackpot prize are 1 in 302,575,350.

The winning numbers have been announced for the Tuesday Mega Millions drawing with a recently reset jackpot. The winning numbers have been announced for the Tuesday, Jan. 28 Mega Millions drawing. The estimated jackpot is $44 million,