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Here's why no one has to know if you win tonight's billion-dollar jackpot

A convenience store advertises the Mega Millions lottery on October 19, 2018. Photo: Spencer Platt/Getty Images

The big winner of Friday's historic Mega Millions jackpot can use a new Georgia law to keep people from asking for a piece of the money.

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The law saying the winner does not have to give up the winner's name has been on the books in Georgia for only six months.

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“I love that law because you have people coming out of the woodwork when you win. Sometime you don't want everybody to know you won,” a Mega Millions player told WSB-TV.

On Friday, lottery officials announced the jackpot jumped to $1 billion.

Since May 7, 74 people have won more than $250,000 in Georgia, and every single one of them has signed a paper to remain anonymous.