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One lucky player walked away with $96 million Mega Millions jackpot in Tuesday night's drawing
Updated: Wednesday, February 17, 2021 01:04 AM
A single lucky person bought a Mega Millions ticket that matched all 5 numbers and the Mega Ball to clinch a $96 million jackpot. Lottery officials said the winning ticket in Tuesday night's drawing was sold in . The numbers drawn Tuesday night, February 16th, 2021 were 01, 36, 44, 54, 66 with Mega Ball number 10 and Megaplier x3. The winner can take a cash option worth $69.4 million before taxes, or decide to receive 30-year annuity option with annual payment in the amount of $3.69 million before taxes. The winning ticket holder is encouraged to sign the ticket, place it in a safe place and contact 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 does not make choice, the payment option will revert to annuity by default.
Along with the jackpot awarded on Tuesday, February 16th, 2021, Mega Millions created far more happy winners walked away with huge prizes. There was only one lucky winner matched all five white ball numbers but missed Mega Ball number, which won the 2nd prize. The one lucky ticket(s) bought in , each won one quarter million dollar cash by matching all 5 white ball numbers.
In addition, 9 tickets matched four of the five lotto numbers, as well as the Mega Ball number. Those tickets are each worth $10,000. Additional prizes won Tuesday evening included 236 tickets that matched four white ball numbers and won $500. Other prizes won included 717 tickets that matched 3 white numbers together with Mega Ball and won $200.
There were 98,286 Mega Millions winning tickets sold in the state of New York. There were 49143 grand prize winning tickets sold in the state of New York. The lucky New York ticket won the second prize was sold from .
With 9 different prize tiers, there were a total of 1,233,216 winning tickets sold across the nation in the Tuesday, February 16th, 2021 drawing.
The top prize of next Mega Millions drawing will be an estimated $20 million with the cash option at $14.2 million for Friday, February 19th, 2021.
Mega Millions game can be played in 43 states and Washington DC. Mega Millions drawings occur every Tuesday and Friday night at 10:59 p.m. Eastern Time. To play Mega Millions, pick 5 numbers from a set of 70 and pick 1 Mega Ball number from a set of 25. The minimum Mega Millions advertised grand prize starts at 40 million dollar. Its annuity option is paid in 30 equal annual installments. Winners can choose one-time lump-sum cash payout instead.
| Tue Feb 16, 2021 MEGA Millions Payout of U.S. | | Numbers Matched | Prizes | # Winners | | 5 of 5 + Megaball | $96,000,000 | 1 | | 5 of 5 | $1,000,000 | 1 | | 4 of 5 + Megaball | $10,000 | 9 | | 4 of 5 | $500 | 236 | | 3 of 5 + Megaball | $200 | 717 | | 3 of 5 | $10 | 16,847 | | 2 of 5 + Megaball | $10 | 16,079 | | 1 of 5 + Megaball | $4 | 133,362 | | Megaball Only | $2 | 347,868 |
| Tue Feb 16, 2021 MEGA Millions Payout of New York(w/o Megaplier) | | Numbers Matched | Prizes | # Winners | | 5 of 5 + Megaball | $96,000,000 | 1 | | 5 of 5 | $1,000,000 | 0 | | 4 of 5 + Megaball | $10,000 | 0 | | 4 of 5 | $500 | 16 | | 3 of 5 + Megaball | $200 | 70 | | 3 of 5 | $10 | 1,374 | | 2 of 5 + Megaball | $10 | 1,333 | | 1 of 5 + Megaball | $4 | 11,325 | | Megaball Only | $2 | 29,528 |
| Tue Feb 16, 2021 MEGA Millions Payout of New York(with Megaplier) | | Numbers Matched | Prizes | # Winners | | 5 of 5 | $3,000,000 | 0 | | 4 of 5 + Megaball | $30,000 | 0 | | 4 of 5 | $1,500 | 3 | | 3 of 5 + Megaball | $600 | 9 | | 3 of 5 | $30 | 181 | | 2 of 5 + Megaball | $30 | 149 | | 1 of 5 + Megaball | $12 | 1,403 | | Megaball Only | $6 | 3,751 |
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