How are installment payments funded?
Annuity prizes are funded through a varied portfolio of investment instruments including U.S. Treasury zero-coupon bonds, agency bonds and municipal bonds. Together, the principal and the interest earned by these instruments over the specified time (SuperLOTTO Plus: 26 graduated payments, Make Me a Millionaire: 20 equal payments, Mega Millions: 26 annual payments) makes up the full amount of the prizes.