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Mega Millions jackpot builds to $93 million; One second prize ticket sold
Updated: Saturday, March 13, 2021 01:53 AM
Tuesday's Mega Millions game jackpot is going to be worth an estimated $93 million (cash option $62.7 million), since no one matched all five white ball numbers and the Mega Ball number in Friday night's drawing. The numbers from Friday, March 12th, 2021 drawing were 02, 24, 25, 31, 65 with Mega Ball number 18 and Megaplier x0.
Although the jackpot was not hit Friday evening, some players still walked away with large winnings. There was a single lucky winner correctly matched all five numbers but missed Mega Ball number, which won the 2nd prize. The one second prize winning ticket(s) bought in won a million dollar cash each.
Other prizes won Friday night included 15 tickets that matched 4 white ball numbers plus the Mega Ball and won $10,000. Additional winners Friday night included 265 tickets that matched four lotto numbers and won $500. Other prizes won included 777 tickets that matched 3 white numbers plus the Mega Ball and won $200.
With nine ways to win, there were 1,057,092 winning tickets sold across U.S. in the Friday, March 12th, 2021 drawing.
Mega Millions is an U.S. popular lottery game offered in 44 member states as a pari-mutuel jackpot game. It holds the record highest jackpot of $656 million in North American lottery history. Mega Millions drawings are held 2 times a week every Tuesday and Friday night at 7:59 PM Pacific Time. To play Mega Millions, pick 5 numbers from 1 to 70 and select one Mega Ball number from 1 to 25. The overall chances of winning is about 1 to 14. The chances of matching 6 Mega Millions numbers are about 1 in 302 million. The minimum Mega Millions advertised jackpot starts at 40 million dollar. Its annuity option is paid in 30 equal annual installments. Winners can choose one lump-sum cash payout option instead.
Not like other Mega Millions participants, all the nine prize tiers of California Mega Millions are pari-mutuel, as opposed to non-jackpot prize having a fixed amount. This leads to different prize amounts for equivalent winning tickets sold in the state of California when compared to those sold in other lotteries. Such as, 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, California state lottery doesn't have Megaplier like other Mega Millions participants.
There were 52,326 Mega Millions winning tickets sold in the state of California. Find below the CA Mega Millions payout highlights for the Friday night's drawing.
- 1 ticket(s) matched 5 of 5 and won $508,715 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 $901,545 payout.
- 31 ticket(s) matched 4 of 5 and won $524 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 $507 payout.
- 102 ticket(s) matched 3 of 5 + Megaball and won $181 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 $203 payout.
Below is a list of lucky stores sold the top prize tickets of California Mega Millions Friday, March 12th, 2021's drawing: - Detailed Draw Results For California
| Fri Mar 12, 2021 MEGA Millions Payout of U.S. | | Numbers Matched | Prizes | # Winners | | 5 of 5 + Megaball | $79,000,000 | 0 | | 5 of 5 | $1,000,000 | 1 | | 4 of 5 + Megaball | $10,000 | 15 | | 4 of 5 | $500 | 265 | | 3 of 5 + Megaball | $200 | 777 | | 3 of 5 | $10 | 18,932 | | 2 of 5 + Megaball | $10 | 15,360 | | 1 of 5 + Megaball | $4 | 116,580 | | Megaball Only | $2 | 279,841 |
| Fri Mar 12, 2021 MEGA Millions Payout of California | | Numbers Matched | Prizes | # Winners | | 5 of 5 + Megaball | $79,000,000 | 0 | | 5 of 5 | $508,715 | 1 | | 4 of 5 + Megaball | $14,443 | 0 | | 4 of 5 | $524 | 31 | | 3 of 5 + Megaball | $181 | 102 | | 3 of 5 | $10 | 2,207 | | 2 of 5 + Megaball | $10 | 1,849 | | 1 of 5 + Megaball | $4 | 13,935 | | Megaball Only | $2 | 34,201 |
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