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Tuesday's Mega Millions jackpot stood at $73 million, with a cash value of $57.2 million. But did anyone take home the top prize?
According to the Mega Millions website, the winning numbers were 16, 20, 25, 30 and 43, with the Mega Ball of 18 that had a Megaplier of 3x. But nobody managed to match all numbers, meaning the jackpot rolls over into next week.
No one managed to scoop the second biggest prize of $1 million either by correctly matching all five white balls.
The big winners last night were the 11 people who correctly matched four white balls and the yellow Mega Ball, therefore winning the $10,000 prize. Four of those 11 winners did purchase a 3x Megaplier for $1, and so tripled their payout to $30,000.
The jackpot now stands at an estimated $83 million with a cash option of $65.5 million. The next Mega Millions draw will be on Friday, July 10 at 11pm E.T.
There were no winners on the previous drawing either on Friday, July 3. The winning numbers for that drawing were 20, 40, 44, 45 and 50 with a Mega Ball of 24 and a Megaplier of 2x. One lucky person did match all five white balls and win the $1 million prize.
One winning ticket matched all white numbers and the yellow Mega Ball, earning them a whopping $375 million payout (with a cash option of $253.5 million).
The last time someone won the Mega Millions jackpot was back on June 9 when a lucky couple in Glendale, Arizona won $414 million, the 11th largest jackpot in Mega Millions history and the largest ever paid out in the Grand Canyon State. The couple decided to receive their jackpot as a lump sum in cash and chose to remain permanently anonymous, under a state law enacted last year.
What is Mega Millions?
First launched on August 31, 1996, Mega Millions is along with Power Ball one of the widest played lotteries in the country, with tickets sold in 45 states, as well as the District of Columbia and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Draws are held every Tuesday and Friday at WSB-TV in Atlanta, Georgia, with jackpots always starting at $40 million.
If you are a lucky winner, you will have between 90 days and one year to redeem your ticket, depending on local rules and regulations. All jackpot winners are entitled to either a cash option or an annuity option of an initial payout followed by 29 annual payments that are each five percent larger than the previous ones. All prizes are subject to income taxes.
