Mega Millions jackpot rises to $94 million; 1 second prize ticket sold

New York Mega Millions Payout and News
Updated: Saturday, October 16, 2021 12:54 AM

No player matched all the Mega Millions game six numbers for Friday, October 15th, 2021 (that includes you) and the $84 million jackpot will keep growing larger. No worries. That just gives us all a chance to win an even bigger Mega Millions lottery prize when the next drawing happens on Tuesday, October 19th, 2021. By then the projected grand prize will increase to $94 million. The cash option stands at $66 million. The winning numbers drawn Friday night, October 15th, 2021 were 03-20-31-34-65 and the Mega Ball was 18, Megaplier was 3. The Mega Millions jackpot has been rolling over for 834 draws since Friday, October 4th, 2013.The last jackpot was won by one lucky ticket sold in Maryland, matched all six numbers for a $189 million top prize.

While the grand prize was not hit Friday evening, some players still walked away with huge prizes. There was only one ticket that matched all five lotto numbers and won the 2nd prize. The 1 lucky ticket(s) sold in , each won one quarter million dollar cash by matching all 5 white ball numbers.

Other prizes won Friday night included 13 tickets that matched 4 white numbers plus the Mega Ball and won $10,000. Additional prizes won Friday night included 271 tickets that matched four lotto numbers and won $500. Other prizes won included 705 tickets that matched 3 white numbers as well as the Mega Ball and won $200.

There were 85,552 Mega Millions winning tickets sold in the state of New York. There were 42776 jackpot winning tickets sold in the state of New York. A single ticket sold in New York matched 4 white ball numbers plus the Mega Ball. The lucky ticket holder will receive $1,000,000 cash.

With nine prize levels, there were 1,050,652 winning tickets sold nationwide in the Friday, October 15th, 2021 drawing.

Mega Millions is an U.S. popular lottery game offered in 44 member states as a pari-mutuel jackpot game. Mega Millions game uses a 5/70+1/25 system to randomly pick winning numbers. Each play costs $1. In some states, players can choose to spend $1 extra to buy the Megaplier, which multiplies the winnings 2 to 5 times except grand prize. The overall odds 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 is $40,000,000. Its annuity option is paid in 30 equal annual installments. Winners can select one time lump-sum cash payout option instead.

Fri Oct 15, 2021 MEGA Millions Payout of U.S.
Numbers MatchedPrizes# Winners
5 of 5 + Megaball$84,000,0000
5 of 5$1,000,0001
4 of 5 + Megaball$10,00013
4 of 5$500271
3 of 5 + Megaball$200705
3 of 5$1017,720
2 of 5 + Megaball$1014,996
1 of 5 + Megaball$4117,068
Megaball Only$2283,004


Fri Oct 15, 2021 MEGA Millions Payout of New York(w/o Megaplier)
Numbers MatchedPrizes# Winners
5 of 5 + Megaball$00
5 of 5$1,000,0001
4 of 5 + Megaball$10,0003
4 of 5$50028
3 of 5 + Megaball$20073
3 of 5$101,515
2 of 5 + Megaball$101,299
1 of 5 + Megaball$410,309
Megaball Only$224,749


Fri Oct 15, 2021 MEGA Millions Payout of New York(with Megaplier)
Numbers MatchedPrizes# Winners
5 of 5$3,000,0000
4 of 5 + Megaball$30,0000
4 of 5$1,5002
3 of 5 + Megaball$6008
3 of 5$30183
2 of 5 + Megaball$30159
1 of 5 + Megaball$121,249
Megaball Only$63,198

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