After no ticket matched all six numbers drawn Tuesday evening – the white balls 8, 24, 30, 45 and 61, plus the gold Mega Ball 12 – the estimated jackpot rolls to $1.25 billion ($625.3 million money) for the following drawing on Friday, August 4.
If received on Friday, it will be the fourth-largest prize in Mega Millions historical past.
“There’s always an air of excitement around the country when Mega Millions jackpots soar,” stated Georgia Lottery President and CEO Gretchen Corbin, lead director of the Mega Millions Consortium. “The growing jackpot is a source of entertainment and winnings for players while generating important dollars for the good causes supported by each lottery.”
The jackpot has been rolling because it was final received in New York on April 18.
Friday’s drawing would be the thirty first on this present run. Overall, the entire variety of profitable tickets in any respect prize ranges continues to extend together with the jackpot, and the August 1 drawing produced a complete of 4,904,910 profitable tickets throughout all prize tiers.
Seven tickets matched the 5 white balls Tuesday evening to win the sport’s second-tier prize. One, offered in Texas, is value $4 million as a result of it included the elective Megaplier (out there in most states with an additional $1 buy), which was 4X for this drawing.
The different Match 5 profitable tickets have been offered in California (two), Massachusetts, New York, North Carolina and Wisconsin.
Across the nation, 135 tickets matched 4 white balls plus the Mega Ball to win the third-tier prize. Twenty-eight of these tickets are value $40,000 every as a result of additionally they included the elective Megaplier. The different 107 win the usual $10,000 every.
Since the final jackpot was received on April 18, there have been greater than 31.3 million profitable tickets in any respect non-jackpot prize ranges, starting from $2 as much as $5 million.
Mega Millions is the one lottery recreation that has awarded 4 jackpots exceeding $1 billion – one every in 2018, 2021, 2022 and 2023.
A $1.348 billion jackpot was received in Maine on January 13, the second-largest prize awarded in Mega Millions historical past.
Tickets are offered in 45 states, Washington, D.C., and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Tickets are $2 every; in most jurisdictions, gamers can add the Megaplier for a further $1 to multiply their non-jackpot prizes.
Drawings are performed at 11 p.m. Eastern Time on Tuesdays and Fridays in Atlanta, Georgia.