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Tuesday's Mega Millions jackpot jumps to $96 million; 5 tickets won the second prize
Updated: Saturday, February 13, 2021 12:32 AM
The multi-state Mega Millions lottery grand prize has jumped to $96 million dollars after there was no grand prize winner in Friday's drawing. The cash option will be a projected $69.4 million. The winning numbers from Friday, February 12th, 2021 drawing were 05, 14, 24, 25, 27 with Mega Ball 14 and Megaplier X3. No one won the Mega Millions grand prize in the past 764 draws since Friday, October 4th, 2013.One lucky player from Maryland won the $189 million top prize in Tuesday, October 1st, 2013 drawing.
Even though the grand prize was not hit Friday evening, some players still walked away with big money. There were 5 lucky players that matched all five numbers and won the second prize. The 5 second prize winning ticket(s) purchased in won a million dollar cash each.
Other prizes won Friday evening included 21 tickets that matched 4 white numbers plus the Mega Ball and won $10,000. Also, 608 tickets matched four of the five lotto numbers. Those tickets are each worth $500. There were 1311 tickets that matched three white ball numbers as well as the Mega Ball and also won $200.
With 9 ways to win, there were a total of 1,340,410 winning tickets sold across the nation in the Friday, February 12th, 2021 drawing.
Mega Millions is an U.S. popular lottery game offered in 44 lottery jurisdictions as a shared jackpot game. It holds the record largest jackpot in U.S. lottery history. Roughly 50% of the Mega Millions sales goes back to the players in prizes. Roughly 15% is used to as commission of retailers and lottery operation expenses. Around 35% total sales is used in government services, education and charities in the member lottery states. Mega Millions drawings occur every Tuesday and Friday night at 7:59 PM Pacific Time. The overall chances of winning is about 1 to 14. The odds of matching all six Mega Millions numbers are 1 to 302,575,350. The minimum Mega Millions grand prize is $40,000,000. The annuity option is paid in 30 equal annual installments. Winners may select one lump-sum cash payout instead.
Unlike other Mega Millions states, all the 9 prize levels of California Mega Millions are parimutuel, instead of non-jackpot prize having a set amount. This leads to different prize amounts for equivalent winning tickets sold in the state of California when compared to those sold in other forty three lotteries. As an example, the second Mega Millions prizes is $1,000,000 could pay the winner more than a million dollar due to the pari-mutuel payout system of California lottery. For the same reason, CA state lottery doesn't have Megaplier like other Mega Millions participants.
There were 74,680 Mega Millions winning tickets sold in the state of California. Find below the California Mega Millions prize payout highlights for the Friday night's drawing.
- 1 ticket(s) matched 5 of 5 and won $2,881,341 each. In the past 1 year, tickets matched 5 of 5 in CA Mega Millions drawing, won from $79,529 to $2,881,341, with an average of $915,119 payout.
- 1 ticket(s) matched 4 of 5 + Megaball and won $19,662 each. In the past 1 year, tickets matched 4 of 5 + Megaball in CA Mega Millions drawing, won from $2,478 to $42,828, with an average of $13,919 payout.
- 84 ticket(s) matched 4 of 5 and won $263 each. In the past 1 year, tickets matched 4 of 5 in CA Mega Millions drawing, won from $154 to $975, with an average of $509 payout.
- 154 ticket(s) matched 3 of 5 + Megaball and won $163 each. In the past 1 year, tickets matched 3 of 5 + Megaball in CA Mega Millions drawing, won from $98 to $280, with an average of $204 payout.
To find if you are among the California Mega Millions top prize winners in Friday, February 12th, 2021's drawing, check below lucky stores where these tickets were sold. - Detailed Draw Results For California
Fri Feb 12, 2021 MEGA Millions Payout of U.S. | Numbers Matched | Prizes | # Winners | 5 of 5 + Megaball | $82,000,000 | 0 | 5 of 5 | $1,000,000 | 5 CA,NC,OH,TX,VA
| 4 of 5 + Megaball | $10,000 | 21 | 4 of 5 | $500 | 608 | 3 of 5 + Megaball | $200 | 1,311 | 3 of 5 | $10 | 31,535 | 2 of 5 + Megaball | $10 | 23,108 | 1 of 5 + Megaball | $4 | 154,930 | Megaball Only | $2 | 342,390 |
Fri Feb 12, 2021 MEGA Millions Payout of California | Numbers Matched | Prizes | # Winners | 5 of 5 + Megaball | $82,000,000 | 0 | 5 of 5 | $2,881,341 | 1 | 4 of 5 + Megaball | $19,662 | 1 | 4 of 5 | $263 | 84 | 3 of 5 + Megaball | $163 | 154 | 3 of 5 | $7 | 4,117 | 2 of 5 + Megaball | $8 | 3,016 | 1 of 5 + Megaball | $4 | 20,764 | Megaball Only | $2 | 46,543 |
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