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The jackpot for Friday's Mega Millions drawing soars to $370 million
Updated: Wednesday, May 5, 2021 12:58 AM
Friday's Mega Millions game grand prize climbed to $370 million, because no player matched all six numbers drawn Tuesday night. The lump-sum cash payout for Friday will be $254.1 million. Tuesday's $345 million is the total payout - before taxes - if the prize is taken in annual installments. The winning numbers from Tuesday night, May 4th, 2021 were 04, 27, 32, 57, 63 with Mega Ball number 22 and Megaplier X3. The Mega Millions jackpot has been growing for 787 draws since Friday, October 4th, 2013.One lucky player from Maryland won the $189 million top prize in Tuesday, October 1st, 2013 drawing.
Although the jackpot was not hit Tuesday evening, some people still walked away with huge prizes. There were 4 2nd prize winners from Tuesday night's drawing, matching all 5 white ball numbers but not the Mega Ball number. The 4 second prize winning ticket(s) purchased in won a quarter million dollar cash each.
Additional prizes won Tuesday evening included 28 tickets that matched 4 white numbers together with Mega Ball and won $10,000. Additional prizes won Tuesday evening included 539 tickets that matched 4 white ball numbers and won $500. There were 1497 tickets that matched three white ball numbers as well as the Mega Ball and also won $200.
There were 170,132 Mega Millions winning tickets sold in the state of New York. There were 85066 top prize winning tickets sold in the state of New York.
With 9 ways to win, there were a total of 2,113,668 winning tickets sold across the nation in the Tuesday, May 4th, 2021 drawing.
Mega Millions lottery is played in 43 states and D.C. Roughly 50% of the Mega Millions sales goes back for the players through prize winnings. About 15% goes to retailer commissions and lottery operation expenses. Around 35% total sales is used to support government services, education and charities in the member states. Mega Millions game uses a 5/70 (white balls) + 1/25 (Mega Balls) matrix from which winning numbers are chosen. Each play costs $1. In some states, players can choose to pay $1 extra to purchase the Megaplier option, which multiplies the original prizes 2 to 5 times except grand prize. The odds of winning any prizes is about 1 to 14. The chances of winning Mega Millions jackpot are 1 to 302,575,350. The minimum Mega Millions advertised grand prize is $40,000,000. The annuity option is paid in 30 equal annual payments. Winners can choose one-time lump-sum cash payout instead.
| Tue May 04, 2021 MEGA Millions Payout of U.S. | | Numbers Matched | Prizes | # Winners | | 5 of 5 + Megaball | $345,000,000 | 0 | | 5 of 5 | $1,000,000 | 4
CA,MO,PA
| | 4 of 5 + Megaball | $10,000 | 28 | | 4 of 5 | $500 | 539 | | 3 of 5 + Megaball | $200 | 1,497 | | 3 of 5 | $10 | 35,728 | | 2 of 5 + Megaball | $10 | 30,388 | | 1 of 5 + Megaball | $4 | 239,363 | | Megaball Only | $2 | 583,603 |
| Tue May 04, 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 | 7 | | 4 of 5 | $500 | 41 | | 3 of 5 + Megaball | $200 | 120 | | 3 of 5 | $10 | 3,168 | | 2 of 5 + Megaball | $10 | 2,651 | | 1 of 5 + Megaball | $4 | 20,420 | | Megaball Only | $2 | 49,996 |
| Tue May 04, 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 | 28 | | 3 of 5 | $30 | 333 | | 2 of 5 + Megaball | $30 | 278 | | 1 of 5 + Megaball | $12 | 2,342 | | Megaball Only | $6 | 5,679 |
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Next Draw: Tue Feb 24, 2026
$438,000,000
Change: +$22,000,000
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