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The jackpot for Tuesday's Mega Millions drawing soars to $740,000,000
Updated: Saturday, December 14, 2024 01:27 AM
The Mega Millions lottery jackpot increased since no one matched all six winning numbers from Friday night's $695,000,000 drawing. The next grand prize climbed to $740,000,000 for Tuesday night's drawing. The lump-sum cash payout stands at a projected $$342.9 million. The winning numbers from Friday night, December 13th, 2024 were 36-43-52-58-65 and the Mega Ball was 16, Megaplier was 3.
Even though the jackpot was not hit Friday evening, some players still walked away with big money. There were 3 second prize winning tickets from Friday night's Mega Millions drawing, matching all 5 numbers except the Mega Ball number. The 3 second prize winning ticket(s) sold in CA,MA,NY will collect a million dollar cash each.
Other prizes won Friday evening included 24 tickets that matched 4 white ball numbers plus the Mega Ball and won $10,000. In addition, 633 tickets matched 4 of the 5 lotto numbers. Those tickets are each worth $500. There were 1615 tickets that matched 3 white ball numbers plus the Mega Ball and also won $200.
With 9 ways to win, there were a total of 2,512,596 winning tickets sold across U.S. in the Friday, December 13th, 2024 drawing.
Mega Millions game is played in 43 states and Washington DC. It holds the record biggest jackpot in North American lottery history. About 50% of the Mega Millions sales goes back for the players through prizes. About 15% goes to retailer commissions and lottery operation expenses. Roughly 35% total sales is used in government services, education and charities in the member states. Mega Millions lottery uses a 5/70+1/25 matrix to randomly pick winning numbers. Each play costs $1. In some states, players can choose to pay 1 extra dollar to buy the Megaplier option, which multiplies the winnings 2 to 5 times except jackpot. The minimum Mega Millions grand prize is $40 million. The annuity option is paid in 30 equal annual payments. Winners can select one-time lump-sum cash payout option instead.
Not like other Mega Millions participants, all the nine prize tiers of California Mega Millions are parimutuel, rather than non-jackpot prize having a set amount. This causes different amounts of prize for equivalent winners sold in the state of California when compared to those sold in other forty three states. By way of example, the 2nd Mega Millions prizes is a million dollar could pay the winner over $1000,000 due to the pari-mutuel payout system of California lottery. For the same reason, CA state lottery doesn't have Megaplier like other Mega Millions states.
There were 181,821 Mega Millions winning tickets sold in the state of California. Find below the California Mega Millions prize payout highlights for the Friday night's drawing.
- 1 ticket(s) matched 5 of 5 and won $359,992 each. In the past 1 year, tickets matched 5 of 5 in CA Mega Millions drawing, won from $5 to $2,233,779, with an average of $586,321 payout.
- 4 ticket(s) matched 4 of 5 + Megaball and won $12,468 each. In the past 1 year, tickets matched 4 of 5 + Megaball in CA Mega Millions drawing, won from $1,470 to $54,331, with an average of $13,460 payout.
- 288 ticket(s) matched 3 of 5 + Megaball and won $221 each. In the past 1 year, tickets matched 3 of 5 + Megaball in CA Mega Millions drawing, won from $75 to $269, with an average of $199 payout.
To find out if you are among the California top prize winners of Mega Millions Friday, December 13th, 2024's drawing, check below lucky stores where these tickets were sold. - Detailed Draw Results For California
| Fri Dec 13, 2024 MEGA Millions Payout of U.S. | | Numbers Matched | Prizes | # Winners | | 5 of 5 + Megaball | $695,000,000 | 0 | | 5 of 5 | $1,000,000 | 3
CA,MA,NY
| | 4 of 5 + Megaball | $10,000 | 24 | | 4 of 5 | $500 | 633 | | 3 of 5 + Megaball | $200 | 1,615 | | 3 of 5 | $10 | 38,196 | | 2 of 5 + Megaball | $10 | 33,379 | | 1 of 5 + Megaball | $4 | 262,343 | | Megaball Only | $2 | 666,127 |
| Fri Dec 13, 2024 MEGA Millions Payout of California | | Numbers Matched | Prizes | # Winners | | 5 of 5 + Megaball | $619,000,000 | 0 | | 5 of 5 | $359,992 | 1 | | 4 of 5 + Megaball | $12,468 | 4 | | 4 of 5 | $496 | 0 | | 3 of 5 + Megaball | $221 | 288 | | 3 of 5 | $10 | 7,094 | | 2 of 5 + Megaball | $11 | 6,047 | | 1 of 5 + Megaball | $4 | 47,810 | | Megaball Only | $2 | 120,464 |
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