Lottery ticket holders throughout the U.S. eagerly awaited the numbers for Tuesday’s gigantic $830m Mega Millions drawing that was unveiled at 11 p.m.
Unfortunately, there have been no jackpot winners for the Mega Millions lottery on July 26, pushing the following estimated jackpot to $1.02 billion.
The white balls drawn have been 7, 29, 60, 63 and 66 while the yellow Mega Ball was 15 and the Megaplier X3.
Whilst no person scooped the jackpot, 9 fortunate ticket holders took the second prize of $1 million, one in every of whom had the Megaplier so gained $3 million.
Four white balls plus the Mega Ball have been matched by 156 tickets, with the winners amassing $10,000 every aside from the 36 with a Megaplier who walked away with $30,000.
In complete 4,057 winners matched 4 white balls, amassing a bounty of $500 per ticket while the 683 Megaplier winners for this class received $1,500.
The lowest prize on supply, of $2 for matching simply the yellow Mega Ball, was picked up by 4,446,493 gamers. Of these 747,150 had their winnings upgraded to $6, as additionally they had the Megaplier.
The subsequent Mega Millions draw, with an astonishing estimated jackpot of $1.02 billion together with a money possibility of $602.5 million, takes place on Friday at 11 p.m. ET. It could be watched reside on the official Mega Millions YouTube channel.
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It’s been over a yr because the final Mega Millions prize of over $1 billion was picked up, by Wolverine FLL Club of Oakland County, Michigan, on January 22 2021.
The final jackpot winner was on April 15, when an nameless belief, which bought a ticket in Pegram, Tennessee, walked away with $20 million.
If the jackpot is collected on Friday it will likely be solely the third time a prize of greater than $1 billion is collected in Mega Ball historical past.
The highest ever prize, of $1.5 billion, was collected by an unnamed performed in South Carolina on October 23, 2018.
Friday’s jackpot, if collected, with give the fortunate winner greater than twice as a lot wealth because the island nation of Tonga, with a inhabitants of simply over 100,000.
According to IMF figures Tonga had a complete wealth of $494,000 million in 2020.
Any winner would be capable to purchase a super-yacht just like the Azzam, with the 590 foot luxurious vessel retailing at $600 million.
Those shopping for tickets for Tuesday included Todd Graves, founding father of the Raising Cane’s Chicken Fingers quick meals chain, who bought round 50,000 for his workers.
If any of the tickets gained the restaurant founder mentioned he’d cut up the winnings evenly between his workers.
No Mega Ball jackpot was collected on Tuesday 19, although one fortunate punter matched 5 quantity accurately securing a prize of $629,000.
What is Mega Millions and How to Play?
Mega Millions attracts happen twice per week, every Tuesday and Friday at 11 p.m. ET.
Five white balls are pulled out, numbering from 1 to 70, together with a yellow Mega Ball numbered between 1 and 25.
A normal Mega Millions ticket prices £2, with most states additionally promoting a Megaplier model which boosts winnings by between two and 5 instances. See the Mega Millions web site for extra info.