Mega Millions Lottery play slips are displayed for customers at a convenience store in Chicago in April. Nam Y. Huh/AP

A Georgia player has won an estimated $980 million Mega Millions jackpot on Friday, the eighth-largest prize in the game’s history, according to the lottery .

The winning ticket matched all six winning numbers: 1, 8, 11, 12, 57, and Mega Ball 7.

The win ends a 39-drawing streak without a jackpot winner, making it the first time since June that the top prize has been claimed. In that previous drawing, a Virginia ticket won $348 million.

The winner can choose to receive the $980 million in annual payments over 30 years, or a lump-sum cash payout of $452.2 million, all before taxes.

This is the largest Mega Millions prize since the game’s overhaul in April , whic

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