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A single player in NJ walked away with $1,130,000,000 Mega Millions jackpot in Tuesday night's drawing
Updated: Wednesday, March 27, 2024 01:51 AM
A single lucky winner in NJ matched all six numbers Tuesday and walked away with the $1,130,000,000 jackpot. The numbers from Tuesday night, March 26th, 2024 were 07, 11, 22, 29, 38 with Mega Ball 04 and Megaplier X2. The winning ticket holder will have the choice of 30 annuity payments with annual payment in the amount of $43.46 million for the entire prize amount of $1,130,000,000, or the one-time cash option of $537.5 million before tax withholding. The grand prize winner is encouraged to sign the ticket, put it in a secure place and get in touch with lottery officials as soon as possible. Jackpot winner has the chance to choose the cash value of the jackpot while claiming the prize. If the winner doesn't make choice, the payment option will revert to annuity by default.
In addition to the jackpot awarded on Tuesday, March 26th, 2024, a lot more players took home with huge pile of cash. There were twelve tickets that matched the first five numbers and won the 2nd prize. The twelve lucky ticket(s) purchased in CA,CO,FL(2),GA(2),IL,IN,MI,NY(2),OH, each won $1,000,000 cash by matching all 5 white ball numbers.
Other major winners Tuesday evening included 137 tickets that matched 4 white ball numbers plus the Mega Ball and won $10,000. Other prizes won Tuesday evening included 2751 tickets that matched four lotto numbers and won $500. Other prizes won included 6209 tickets that matched 3 white numbers as well as the Mega Ball and won $200.
There were 593,902 Mega Millions winning tickets sold in the state of New York. There were 296951 top prize winning tickets sold in the state of New York. The lucky New York ticket won the second prize with Megaplier option purchased was sold from . Two tickets sold in New York matched 4 lotto numbers plus the Mega Ball. These lucky ticket holders will receive $1,000,000 cash each. There were two lucky New York winners matched 4 white ball numbers in addition to the Mega Ball with Megaplier and won $20,000.
With 9 ways to win, there were a total of 7,387,708 winning tickets sold across the nation in the Tuesday, March 26th, 2024 drawing.
The upcoming Mega Millions game drawing, Friday night, will feature a jackpot of $20,000,000 with the cash option at $$9.5 million.
Mega Millions is a consortium of 44 state lotteries. On average, 50% of the Mega Millions sales goes back for the players in prize winnings. Roughly 15% is used to as commission of retailers and lottery operating costs. Roughly 35% total sales is used in government services, education and charities in the member states. Mega Millions drawings occur every Tuesday and Friday night at 10:59 p.m. Eastern Time. Mega Millions uses a 5/70 (white balls) + 1/25 (Mega Balls) system from which winning numbers are chosen. Each play costs $1. In some states, players can choose to pay $1 extra to buy the Megaplier, which multiplies the winnings 2 to 5 times except jackpot. The overall odds of winning any prizes is about 1 to 14. The chances of matching 6 Mega Millions numbers are 1 to 302,575,350. The minimum Mega Millions jackpot starts at 40 million dollar. The annuity option is paid in 30 equal yearly payments. Winners may choose one-time lump sum cash payout instead.
Tue Mar 26, 2024 MEGA Millions Payout of U.S. | Numbers Matched | Prizes | # Winners | 5 of 5 + Megaball | $0 | 1 | 5 of 5 | $1,000,000 | 12 CA,CO,FL(2),GA(2),IL,IN,MI,NY(2),OH
| 4 of 5 + Megaball | $10,000 | 137 | 4 of 5 | $500 | 2,751 | 3 of 5 + Megaball | $200 | 6,209 | 3 of 5 | $10 | 144,540 | 2 of 5 + Megaball | $10 | 115,991 | 1 of 5 + Megaball | $4 | 824,889 | Megaball Only | $2 | 1,919,016 |
Tue Mar 26, 2024 MEGA Millions Payout of New York(w/o Megaplier) | Numbers Matched | Prizes | # Winners | 5 of 5 + Megaball | $0 | 0 | 5 of 5 | $1,000,000 | 2 | 4 of 5 + Megaball | $10,000 | 17 | 4 of 5 | $500 | 270 | 3 of 5 + Megaball | $200 | 580 | 3 of 5 | $10 | 13,277 | 2 of 5 + Megaball | $10 | 10,694 | 1 of 5 + Megaball | $4 | 72,254 | Megaball Only | $2 | 165,574 |
Tue Mar 26, 2024 MEGA Millions Payout of New York(with Megaplier) | Numbers Matched | Prizes | # Winners | 5 of 5 | $2,000,000 | 1 | 4 of 5 + Megaball | $20,000 | 2 | 4 of 5 | $1,000 | 35 | 3 of 5 + Megaball | $400 | 97 | 3 of 5 | $20 | 1,944 | 2 of 5 + Megaball | $20 | 1,477 | 1 of 5 + Megaball | $8 | 9,592 | Megaball Only | $4 | 21,135 |
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