The next Mega Millions draw on Tuesday, August 8 amounts to $1,550 million ($757.2 million in cash)after no ticket matched the six numbers drawn on Friday night: the white balls 11, 30, 45, 52 and 56, plus the gold Mega Ball 20.
“It’s exciting to see Mega Millions grow”said Gretchen Corbin, president and CEO of the Georgia Lottery, principal director of the Mega Millions Consortium. “As the jackpot gets higher and higher, we thank our players and retailers for their support, which benefits the many good causes funded by our participating lotteries.”
While this jackpot race has produced significant revenue for good causes and for the lottery retailers that carry the game, it also has produced tens of millions of winning tickets for players.
In the 31 drawings since the last jackpot was won in New York on April 18, there have been more than 36.6 million winning tickets at all non-jackpot prize levels, ranging from $2 million to $5 million. These include 62 second-tier prizes of $1 million or more, won in 27 different jurisdictions from coast to coast: Arizona, California, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Missouri, Nebraska , New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, and Wisconsin.
This year started with six jackpot winners in less than four months, a number much more typical of a full year and indicative of the truly random nature of lottery draws. The first one was big: $1.348 billion won in Maine on January 13which at the time was the second largest prize awarded in Mega Millions history.
Mega Millions is the only lottery game that has awarded four top prizes in excess of $1 billion, one in 2018, 2021, 2022 and 2023; one more, probably a new record prize, will soon be added to the list.
Tickets are sold in 45 states, Washington, DC, and the US Virgin Islands. Tickets are $2 each; In most jurisdictions, players can add the Megaplier for an additional $1 to multiply their non-jackpot prizes. Drawings are held at 11 pm ET on Tuesdays and Fridays in Atlanta, Georgia.
Mega Millions jackpots to date:
· $1.55 billion (8/8/2023)waiting for a winner
· $1,537 million (10/23/2018), with one winner from SC
· $1,348 million (01/13/2023), with a winner from YO
$1.337 million (7/29/2022), with one winner from IL
$1.05 billion (01/22/2021), with one MI winner
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2023-08-05 20:11:26
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