If you select the annuity choice, the government takes your winnings and invests them for you—most probably in boring, but very stableTreasury bonds.
Lotteries are topic to the laws of and operated independently by every jurisdiction, and there is no national lottery organization.
In the drawing, there have been also 14 other tickets that won numerous million dollars.
The Dec. 13 winning numbers had been 10, 30, 37, 53 and 59.