The lucky numbers for the Friday night drawing were 2, 14, 33, 58, 65 with Mega Ball 3. The Megaplier option was 3X.
Despite no jackpot winner from the drawing on Friday, 2 lucky players (Illinois, New Jersey) won $1,000,000 by matching five white balls except for the Mega Ball, and a California player got $415,055.
The players did not select the Megaplier option. Doing so would have push their win to $3,000,000.
There were also 7 tickets nationwide that won $10,000 prizes; 4 third prizes belonged to the owners who marked Megaplier 3X, which helped to multiply three times the prize value to $30,000; and 5 third prizes won $5,879 (California).
The total prize money of the smaller awards amounts to over $7 million.
These are the prize payouts for all states that play Mega Millions combined, along with the prize values for each prize tier, with and without the “Megaplier” on Fri, Jul 26, 2024:
| Match | Winners | Prize | Megaplier Winners | Megaplier Prize |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| O O O O O | O | 0 | 306,000,000 USD | X | X |
| O O O O O | 3 | 1,000,000 USD | 0 | 3,000,000 USD |
| O O O O | O | 12 | 10,000 USD | 4 | 30,000 USD |
| O O O O | 339 | 500 USD | 66 | 1,500 USD |
| O O O | O | 845 | 200 USD | 253 | 600 USD |
| O O O | 20,149 | 10 USD | 5,368 | 30 USD |
| O O | O | 18,611 | 10 USD | 4,946 | 30 USD |
| O | O | 152,348 | 4 USD | 41,144 | 12 USD |
| | O | 376,720 | 2 USD | 103,155 | 6 USD |
Mega Millions is offered in 43 US States, in the District of Colombia and in the U.S Virgin Islands. Tickets to Mega Millions cost $2 per play. There are nine total ways to win a prize.
To play, pick five numbers from 1 to 70 and one Mega Ball number from 1 to 25. You can choose Easy Pick or Quick Pick to have the terminal randomly pick numbers for you. You win the jackpot by matching all six winning numbers in the drawing.
Players around the world can play US Mega Millions online outside US via lottery messenger service sites with tickets cost $5 each. To avoid online scams be sure that the site you are using is legitimate. For a comparison of three online retailers already reviewed by InternationalLottery.org read here.
The Mega Millions jackpot climbed to an estimated $331,000,000, with a cash option of $156.2 million. The next drawing will be held at 11 pm ET Tuesday, July 30, 2024. Try your luck now?
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