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Enormous Mega Millions jackpot up for grabs Tuesday night
Updated: Friday, August 9, 2024 10:12 PM
The jackpot in America's favorite Mega Millions lottery game continues to grow exciting players all across the nation. Because no player correctly matched all 6 winning numbers in Tuesday's drawing the jackpot will roll up to an estimated $435,000,000! The cash option will be $$212.4 million up for grab. The numbers from Friday, August 9th, 2024 drawing were 12, 32, 38, 40, 57 and the Mega Ball was 21, Megaplier was 2. The Mega Millions grand prize has been rolling over for 19 draws since Friday, June 7th, 2024.A single lucky player from IL won the $560 million grand prize in Tuesday, June 4th, 2024 drawing.
Although there was no jackpot winner Friday evening, Mega Millions did produce some big winners. There were two second prize winning tickets from Friday night's Mega Millions drawing, matching the first 5 numbers but not the Mega Ball number. The two lucky ticket(s) purchased in OR,TN, each won $1,000,000 cash by matching all 5 white ball numbers.
In addition, 17 tickets matched four of the five lotto numbers, as well as the Mega Ball number. Those tickets are each worth $10,000. Additional prizes won Friday night included 360 tickets that matched 4 white numbers and won $500. There were 890 tickets that correctly matched three white ball numbers plus the Mega Ball and also won $200.
With 9 prize levels, there were a total of 1,510,878 winning tickets sold across U.S. in the Friday, August 9th, 2024 drawing.
Mega Millions is one of the most popular lottery games in the U.S. can be played in 44 member states as a shared jackpot game. Mega Millions drawings occur every Tuesday and Friday night at 7:59 p.m. Pacific Time. Mega Millions lottery uses a 5/70 (white balls) + 1/25 (Mega Balls) matrix to randomly choose winning numbers. The minimum Mega Millions advertised grand prize is $40 million. The annuity option is paid in 30 equal yearly installments. Winners can choose one time lump sum cash payout option instead.
Unlike other Mega Millions states, all the nine prize levels of California Mega Millions are parimutuel, instead of non-jackpot prize having a set amount. This leads to different amounts of prize for equivalent winners sold in California when compared to those sold in other 43 jurisdictons. For example, the 2nd Mega Millions prizes is $1,000,000 could pay the winner over $1000,000 due to the pari-mutuel payout system of California lottery. For the same reason, CA state lottery does not have Megaplier like other Mega Millions states.
There were 132,394 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.
- 2 ticket(s) matched 4 of 5 + Megaball and won $17,489 each. In the past 1 year, tickets matched 4 of 5 + Megaball in CA Mega Millions drawing, won from $7 to $54,331, with an average of $13,003 payout.
- 87 ticket(s) matched 4 of 5 and won $452 each. In the past 1 year, tickets matched 4 of 5 in CA Mega Millions drawing, won from $165 to $690, with an average of $485 payout.
- 213 ticket(s) matched 3 of 5 + Megaball and won $210 each. In the past 1 year, tickets matched 3 of 5 + Megaball in CA Mega Millions drawing, won from $75 to $269, with an average of $202 payout.
Below is a list of lucky stores sold the top prize tickets of California Mega Millions Friday, August 9th, 2024's drawing: - Detailed Draw Results For California
| Fri Aug 09, 2024 MEGA Millions Payout of U.S. | | Numbers Matched | Prizes | # Winners | | 5 of 5 + Megaball | $405,000,000 | 0 | | 5 of 5 | $1,000,000 | 2 OR,TN
| | 4 of 5 + Megaball | $10,000 | 17 | | 4 of 5 | $500 | 360 | | 3 of 5 + Megaball | $200 | 890 | | 3 of 5 | $10 | 23,549 | | 2 of 5 + Megaball | $10 | 20,153 | | 1 of 5 + Megaball | $4 | 159,781 | | Megaball Only | $2 | 393,296 |
| Fri Aug 09, 2024 MEGA Millions Payout of California | | Numbers Matched | Prizes | # Winners | | 5 of 5 + Megaball | $374,000,000 | 0 | | 5 of 5 | $495,084 | 0 | | 4 of 5 + Megaball | $17,489 | 2 | | 4 of 5 | $452 | 87 | | 3 of 5 + Megaball | $210 | 213 | | 3 of 5 | $10 | 5,128 | | 2 of 5 + Megaball | $10 | 4,412 | | 1 of 5 + Megaball | $4 | 35,202 | | Megaball Only | $2 | 87,350 |
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