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No one matched all six numbers. Tuesday's Mega Millions jackpot leaps to $73,000,000
Updated: Friday, December 22, 2023 10:02 PM
The Mega Millions grand prize increased because no one hit all five white ball numbers plus the Mega Ball number from Friday night's $57,000,000 drawing. The next grand prize rised to $73,000,000 for Tuesday night's drawing. The cash option will be $$36.5 million. The numbers from Friday night, December 22nd, 2023 were 10, 26, 36, 54, 69 with Mega Ball 04 and Megaplier 4.
While there was no grand prize winner Friday evening, Mega Millions had some huge winners. 8 third prize winning tickets were sold nationwide. These included 8 tickets that matched 4 white numbers plus the Mega Ball and won $10,000.
Other winners Friday night included 225 tickets that matched four lotto numbers and won $500. There were 530 tickets that correctly matched 3 white ball numbers plus the Mega Ball and also won $200.
With 9 different prize tiers, there were 950,776 winning tickets sold across the nation in the Friday, December 22nd, 2023 drawing.
Mega Millions is an U.S. popular lottery game can be played in 44 lottery jurisdictions as a pari-mutuel jackpot game. Around 50% of the Mega Millions sales goes back for the players in prizes. Around 15% is used to as retailer commissions and lottery operating costs. About 35% total sales is used in government services, education and charities in the participating lottery states. To play Mega Millions, pick 5 numbers from 1 to 70 and pick 1 Mega Ball number from a set of 25. The overall odds of winning any prizes is about 1 to 14. The odds of winning Mega Millions grand prize are 1 to 302,575,350. The minimum Mega Millions advertised grand prize is $40,000,000. Its annuity option is paid in 30 equal annual payments. Winners may choose one lump sum cash payout option instead.
As opposed to other Mega Millions participants, all the 9 prize levels of California Mega Millions are parimutuel, rather than non-jackpot prize having a set value. This leads to different prize amounts for equivalent winners sold in the state of California when compared to those sold in other lotteries. For instance, the 2nd Mega Millions prizes is $1,000,000 could pay the winner more than a million dollar due to the pari-mutuel payout system of California lottery. For the same reason, California state lottery does not offer Megaplier like other Mega Millions participants.
There were 56,136 Mega Millions winning tickets sold in the state of California. Find below the CA Mega Millions prize payout highlights for the Friday night's drawing.
- 1 ticket(s) matched 4 of 5 + Megaball and won $27,879 each. In the past 1 year, tickets matched 4 of 5 + Megaball in CA Mega Millions drawing, won from $7 to $79,580, with an average of $13,909 payout.
- 40 ticket(s) matched 4 of 5 and won $411 each. In the past 1 year, tickets matched 4 of 5 in CA Mega Millions drawing, won from $233 to $835, with an average of $502 payout.
- 84 ticket(s) matched 3 of 5 + Megaball and won $222 each. In the past 1 year, tickets matched 3 of 5 + Megaball in CA Mega Millions drawing, won from $107 to $273, with an average of $202 payout.
Below is a list of lucky stores sold the top prize tickets of California Mega Millions Friday, December 22nd, 2023's drawing: - Detailed Draw Results For California
| Fri Dec 22, 2023 MEGA Millions Payout of U.S. | | Numbers Matched | Prizes | # Winners | | 5 of 5 + Megaball | $57,000,000 | 0 | | 5 of 5 | $1,000,000 | 0 | | 4 of 5 + Megaball | $10,000 | 8 | | 4 of 5 | $500 | 225 | | 3 of 5 + Megaball | $200 | 530 | | 3 of 5 | $10 | 13,504 | | 2 of 5 + Megaball | $10 | 12,285 | | 1 of 5 + Megaball | $4 | 99,162 | | Megaball Only | $2 | 240,687 |
| Fri Dec 22, 2023 MEGA Millions Payout of California | | Numbers Matched | Prizes | # Winners | | 5 of 5 + Megaball | $57,000,000 | 0 | | 5 of 5 | $292,748 | 0 | | 4 of 5 + Megaball | $27,879 | 1 | | 4 of 5 | $411 | 40 | | 3 of 5 + Megaball | $222 | 84 | | 3 of 5 | $10 | 2,116 | | 2 of 5 + Megaball | $10 | 1,829 | | 1 of 5 + Megaball | $4 | 15,093 | | Megaball Only | $2 | 36,973 |
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