Mega Millions jackpot jumps to $68 million; 2 tickets won the second prize

The Mega Millions lottery jackpot is on the move again. The jackpot for the Tuesday, March 9th, 2021 drawing jumps to $68 million with the lump-sum cash payout of a projected $46.3 million. The winning numbers drawn Friday night, March 5th, 2021 were 10-11-17-27-54 with Mega Ball number 20 and Megaplier X2. The Mega Millions jackpot has been growing for 770 draws since Friday, October 4th, 2013.One lucky player from Maryland walked away with $189 million grand prize in Tuesday, October 1st, 2013 drawing.

Even though the grand prize was not hit Friday evening, some people still walked away with large winnings. There were 2 tickets that correctly matched all five numbers and won the second prize. The 2 second prize winning ticket(s) sold in will collect a quarter million dollar cash each.

Additional prizes won Friday night included 19 tickets that matched four white ball numbers plus the Mega Ball and won $10,000. Other prizes won Friday night included 471 tickets that matched four lotto numbers and won $500. There were 933 tickets that correctly matched 3 white ball numbers plus the Mega Ball and also won $200.

There were 76,400 Mega Millions winning tickets sold in the state of New York. There were 38200 jackpot winning tickets sold in the state of New York.

With nine different ways to win, there were 901,103 winning tickets sold across U.S. in the Friday, March 5th, 2021 drawing.

Mega Millions is an U.S. popular lottery game offered in 44 lottery jurisdictions as a shared jackpot game. Mega Millions drawings are held every Tuesday and Friday night at 10:59 PM Eastern Time. To play Mega Millions, pick 5 numbers from a set of 70 then pick one Mega Ball number from a set of 25. Each play costs $1. In some states, players can choose to spend 1 extra dollar to buy the Megaplier option, which multiplies the original prizes 2 to 5 times but not grand prize. The minimum Mega Millions jackpot is $40,000,000. The annuity option is paid in 30 equal yearly installments. Winners can choose one-time lump sum cash payout option instead.

Fri Mar 05, 2021 MEGA Millions Payout of U.S.
Numbers Matched	Prizes	# Winners
5 of 5 + Megaball	$55,000,000	0
5 of 5	$1,000,000	2 FL,KY
4 of 5 + Megaball	$10,000	19
4 of 5	$500	471
3 of 5 + Megaball	$200	933
3 of 5	$10	26,464
2 of 5 + Megaball	$10	16,067
1 of 5 + Megaball	$4	113,579
Megaball Only	$2	257,957

Fri Mar 05, 2021 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	0
4 of 5 + Megaball	$10,000	5
4 of 5	$500	49
3 of 5 + Megaball	$200	70
3 of 5	$10	2,345
2 of 5 + Megaball	$10	1,310
1 of 5 + Megaball	$4	9,167
Megaball Only	$2	20,773

Fri Mar 05, 2021 MEGA Millions Payout of New York(with Megaplier)
Numbers Matched	Prizes	# Winners
5 of 5	$2,000,000	0
4 of 5 + Megaball	$20,000	0
4 of 5	$1,000	7
3 of 5 + Megaball	$400	10
3 of 5	$20	333
2 of 5 + Megaball	$20	200
1 of 5 + Megaball	$8	1,205
Megaball Only	$4	2,726

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