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Enormous Mega Millions jackpot up for grabs Friday night
Updated: Wednesday, October 23, 2024 12:43 AM
Nobody hit all the Mega Millions game 5 lotto numbers plus the Mega Ball number for Tuesday, October 22nd, 2024 (that includes you) so $205,000,000 jackpot will keep growing bigger. No worries. That just gives us all a chance to win an even bigger Mega Millions game payout when the next drawing happens on Friday, October 25th, 2024. By then the projected jackpot is going to build to $229,000,000. The cash value stands at a projected $$107.4 million up for grab. The numbers from Tuesday night, October 22nd, 2024 were 08-43-48-58-60 with Mega Ball 04 and Megaplier x3. There was no jackpot winning ticket sold in the past 12 draws since Friday, September 13th, 2024.One lucky winner from TX walked away with $800 million jackpot in Tuesday, September 10th, 2024 drawing.
Even though the jackpot was not awarded Tuesday evening, Mega Millions did produce some big winners. There was only one lucky player that matched the first 5 white ball numbers and won the 2nd prize. The 1 lucky ticket(s) purchased in TX, each won one million dollar cash by matching all 5 white ball numbers.
Additional prizes won Tuesday night included 9 tickets that matched 4 white numbers together with Mega Ball and won $10,000. Also, 236 tickets matched four of the five lotto numbers. Those tickets are each worth $500. Other prizes won included 570 tickets that matched 3 white numbers in addition to the Mega Ball and won $200.
With nine prize tiers, there were a total of 1,033,766 winning tickets sold across the nation in the Tuesday, October 22nd, 2024 drawing.
Mega Millions is played in 43 states and D.C. It holds the record largest jackpot in U.S. lottery history. Approximately 50% of the Mega Millions sales goes back on the players in prizes. Around 15% is used to as retailer commissions and lottery operation expenses. Roughly 35% total sales is used to support government services, education and charities in the participating lottery states. Mega Millions drawings occur every Tuesday and Friday night at 7:59 p.m. Pacific Time. Each play costs $1. In some states, players can choose to pay 1 extra dollar to purchase the Megaplier option, which multiplies the prizes 2 to 5 times except grand prize. The minimum Mega Millions grand prize is $40,000,000. The annuity option is paid in 30 equal yearly installments. Winners may select one-time lump sum cash payout instead.
Unlike other Mega Millions participants, all the 9 prize levels of California Mega Millions are parimutuel, rather than non-jackpot prize having a fixed amount. This causes different amounts of prize for equivalent winning tickets 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, California state lottery does not have Megaplier like other Mega Millions states.
There were 74,661 Mega Millions winning tickets sold in the state of California. Find below the CA Mega Millions payout highlights for the Tuesday night's drawing.
- 2 ticket(s) matched 4 of 5 + Megaball and won $9,677 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 $13,251 payout.
- 41 ticket(s) matched 4 of 5 and won $531 each. In the past 1 year, tickets matched 4 of 5 in CA Mega Millions drawing, won from $165 to $671, with an average of $480 payout.
- 119 ticket(s) matched 3 of 5 + Megaball and won $208 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 $201 payout.
To find if you are one of the California Mega Millions top prize winners in Tuesday, October 22nd, 2024's drawing, check below lucky stores where these tickets were sold. - Detailed Draw Results For California
| Tue Oct 22, 2024 MEGA Millions Payout of U.S. | | Numbers Matched | Prizes | # Winners | | 5 of 5 + Megaball | $205,000,000 | 0 | | 5 of 5 | $1,000,000 | 1 | | 4 of 5 + Megaball | $10,000 | 9 | | 4 of 5 | $500 | 236 | | 3 of 5 + Megaball | $200 | 570 | | 3 of 5 | $10 | 13,747 | | 2 of 5 + Megaball | $10 | 12,587 | | 1 of 5 + Megaball | $4 | 105,522 | | Megaball Only | $2 | 267,715 |
| Tue Oct 22, 2024 MEGA Millions Payout of California | | Numbers Matched | Prizes | # Winners | | 5 of 5 + Megaball | $185,000,000 | 0 | | 5 of 5 | $515,661 | 0 | | 4 of 5 + Megaball | $9,677 | 2 | | 4 of 5 | $531 | 41 | | 3 of 5 + Megaball | $208 | 119 | | 3 of 5 | $11 | 2,670 | | 2 of 5 + Megaball | $10 | 2,470 | | 1 of 5 + Megaball | $4 | 19,846 | | Megaball Only | $2 | 49,513 |
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