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One lucky player walked away with $515 million Mega Millions jackpot in Friday night's drawing
Updated: Saturday, May 22, 2021 12:32 AM
A single lucky ticket in matched all 6 numbers in the Friday, May 21st, 2021 drawing and won the $515 million grand prize. The winning numbers from Friday, May 21st, 2021 drawing were 06, 09, 17, 18, 48 with Mega Ball number 08 and Megaplier X3. The winner can either take a cash option worth $346.3 million before taxes, or choose to receive 30-year annuity option with yearly payment approximately of $19.81 million before taxes. The grand prize winner is highly suggested to sign the ticket, put it in a secure place and contact lottery officials as soon as possible. Jackpot winner has the opportunity 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.
Together with the grand prize won on Friday, Mega Millions produced more pleased winners walked away with large winnings. 53 third prize winning tickets were sold nationwide. These included 53 tickets that matched four white ball numbers as well as the Mega Ball and won $10,000.
In addition, 1254 tickets matched 4 of the 5 lotto numbers. Those tickets are each worth $500. 3313 tickets matched 3 of the 5 lotto numbers, plus the Mega Ball number. These tickets are also each worth $200.
There were 335,054 Mega Millions winning tickets sold in the state of New York. There were 167527 grand prize winning tickets sold in the state of New York.
With 9 different prize levels, there were 3,983,678 winning tickets sold across U.S. in the Friday, May 21st, 2021 drawing.
The upcoming Mega Millions game top prize is estimated at $20 million for Tuesday night. The cash option stands at $13.5 million.
Mega Millions is one of the most popular lottery games in the U.S. can be played in 44 lottery jurisdictions as a shared jackpot game. Approximately 50% of the Mega Millions sales goes back towards the players in prize winnings. Around 15% is used to as commission of retailers and lottery operation expenses. Approximately 35% total sales is used to support government services, education and charities in the participating states. Mega Millions lottery uses a 5/70 (white balls) + 1/25 (Mega Balls) matrix from which winning numbers are chosen. The odds of winning is about 1 to 14. The chances of matching all six Mega Millions numbers are 1 to 302,575,350. The minimum Mega Millions advertised grand prize is $40 million. The annuity option is paid in 30 equal yearly installments. Winners may select one-time lump sum cash payout instead.
| Fri May 21, 2021 MEGA Millions Payout of U.S. | | Numbers Matched | Prizes | # Winners | | 5 of 5 + Megaball | $515,000,000 | 1 | | 5 of 5 | $1,000,000 | 0 | | 4 of 5 + Megaball | $10,000 | 53 | | 4 of 5 | $500 | 1,254 | | 3 of 5 + Megaball | $200 | 3,313 | | 3 of 5 | $10 | 78,031 | | 2 of 5 + Megaball | $10 | 67,333 | | 1 of 5 + Megaball | $4 | 472,806 | | Megaball Only | $2 | 1,079,958 |
| Fri May 21, 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 | 3 | | 4 of 5 | $500 | 124 | | 3 of 5 + Megaball | $200 | 287 | | 3 of 5 | $10 | 7,163 | | 2 of 5 + Megaball | $10 | 6,266 | | 1 of 5 + Megaball | $4 | 42,792 | | Megaball Only | $2 | 96,498 |
| Fri May 21, 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 | 6 | | 3 of 5 + Megaball | $600 | 39 | | 3 of 5 | $30 | 763 | | 2 of 5 + Megaball | $30 | 609 | | 1 of 5 + Megaball | $12 | 3,973 | | Megaball Only | $6 | 9,004 |
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