The sole winner of a $1.13 billion Mega Millions jackpot has begun the process of collecting the prize, the New Jersey Lottery said Monday.

Players have a 1 in 12,607,306 chance of a ticket matching five numbers but not the Mega Ball and winning at least $1 million. The odds of matching four numbers plus the Mega Ball for a prize of at least $10,000 are 931,001 to 1.

A steady stream of customers filed in and out of the Lindenwold Preet Food Mart in Camden County, New Jersey, on Christmas Eve to snag their last-minute lottery tickets before Tuesday night's Mega Millions drawing. The jackpot has ballooned to $1 billion.

Mega Millions hits an estimated $1.15 billion after no winner from the Christmas Eve drawing. Here's the latest numbers and when the next drawing is.

Mega Millions players, are you feeling lucky? The winning numbers are in for the Dec. 20 drawing, and the jackpot is huge.

A lottery player in Somerset County won $10,000 in the Tuesday, Dec. 17, Mega Millions drawing. The winning ticket was sold at ShopRite #470 in Somerville, 3166 Route 22. The winning numbers were: 56,