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The jackpot for Tuesday's Mega Millions drawing soars to $619,000,000
Updated: Saturday, December 7, 2024 01:13 AM
The grand prize in the Mega Millions multistate lottery game continues increasing and will be up to a projected $619,000,000 for the next drawing on Tuesday. The cash option will be an estimated $$297.7 million. The amount was rolled over since no player hit all six numbers to win the $579,000,000 grand prize Friday night. The numbers from Friday, December 6th, 2024 drawing were 16, 21, 33, 39, 45 and the Mega Ball was 24, Megaplier was 2. The Mega Millions grand prize has been rolling over for 25 draws since Friday, September 13th, 2024.A single lucky player from TX won the $800 million top prize in Tuesday, September 10th, 2024 drawing.
While there was no grand prize winner Friday evening, some players still walked away with big money. A total of 22 lucky winners won the 3rd prize. These included 22 tickets that matched 4 white ball numbers plus the Mega Ball and won $10,000.
Additional prizes won Friday night included 579 tickets that matched four white numbers and won $500. Other prizes won included 1301 tickets that matched 3 white numbers as well as the Mega Ball and won $200.
With 9 different prize tiers, there were 2,007,652 winning tickets sold across the nation in the Friday, December 6th, 2024 drawing.
Mega Millions game is played in 43 states and D.C. It holds the record highest jackpot of $656 million in North American lottery history. Mega Millions drawings are held every Tuesday and Friday night at 7:59 PM Pacific Time. Each play costs $1. In some states, players can choose to spend 1 extra dollar to purchase the Megaplier, which multiplies the prizes 2 to 5 times but not jackpot. The overall chances of winning is about 1 to 14. The odds of winning Mega Millions grand prize are about 1 in 302 million. The minimum Mega Millions advertised grand prize is $40,000,000. The annuity option is paid in 30 equal annual installments. Winners can select one-time lump sum cash payout option instead.
In contrast to other Mega Millions states, all the 9 prize levels of California Mega Millions are parimutuel, rather than non-jackpot prize having a set value. This causes different prize amounts for equivalent winning tickets sold in the state of California when compared to those sold in other Mega Millions states. By way of example, the second Mega Millions prizes is a million dollar 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 offer Megaplier like other Mega Millions states.
There were 146,514 Mega Millions winning tickets sold in the state of California. Find below the California Mega Millions payout highlights for the Friday night's drawing.
- 7 ticket(s) matched 4 of 5 + Megaball and won $5,550 each. In the past 1 year, tickets matched 4 of 5 + Megaball in CA Mega Millions drawing, won from $1,470 to $54,331, with an average of $13,469 payout.
- 96 ticket(s) matched 4 of 5 and won $455 each. In the past 1 year, tickets matched 4 of 5 in CA Mega Millions drawing, won from $165 to $645, with an average of $474 payout.
- 251 ticket(s) matched 3 of 5 + Megaball and won $198 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 $199 payout.
To find out if you are among the California top prize winners of Mega Millions Friday, December 6th, 2024's drawing, check below lucky stores where these tickets were sold. - Detailed Draw Results For California
| Fri Dec 06, 2024 MEGA Millions Payout of U.S. | | Numbers Matched | Prizes | # Winners | | 5 of 5 + Megaball | $579,000,000 | 0 | | 5 of 5 | $1,000,000 | 0 | | 4 of 5 + Megaball | $10,000 | 22 | | 4 of 5 | $500 | 579 | | 3 of 5 + Megaball | $200 | 1,301 | | 3 of 5 | $10 | 33,953 | | 2 of 5 + Megaball | $10 | 27,144 | | 1 of 5 + Megaball | $4 | 211,881 | | Megaball Only | $2 | 521,148 |
| Fri Dec 06, 2024 MEGA Millions Payout of California | | Numbers Matched | Prizes | # Winners | | 5 of 5 + Megaball | $579,000,000 | 0 | | 5 of 5 | $791,755 | 0 | | 4 of 5 + Megaball | $5,550 | 7 | | 4 of 5 | $455 | 96 | | 3 of 5 + Megaball | $198 | 251 | | 3 of 5 | $9 | 6,233 | | 2 of 5 + Megaball | $10 | 4,910 | | 1 of 5 + Megaball | $4 | 38,960 | | Megaball Only | $2 | 96,057 |
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