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A single player in IL walked away with $560,000,000 Mega Millions jackpot in Tuesday night's drawing
Updated: Tuesday, June 4, 2024 10:12 PM
A single of the tickets purchased in IL for the Mega Millions Tuesday night matched all six numbers drawn. The player matching all 5 numbers and the Mega Ball won the $560,000,000 grand prize. The numbers from Tuesday, June 4th, 2024 drawing were 19-37-40-63-69 with Mega Ball 17 and Megaplier 3. The winner can either take a cash option worth $258.4 million before taxes, or decide to receive 30-year annuity option with yearly payment in the amount of $21.54 million before taxes. The winning ticket holder 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 chance to select the cash value of the jackpot while claiming the prize. If the winner does not make choice, the payment option will revert to annuity by default.
In addition to the jackpot won on Tuesday, Mega Millions produced a lot more happy winners walked away with big money. There were two second prize winners from Tuesday night's Mega Millions drawing, matching the first 5 numbers but not the Mega Ball number. The two second prize winning ticket(s) bought in CA,MD won a million dollar cash each.
Other prizes won Tuesday night included 23 tickets that matched 4 white numbers together with Mega Ball and won $10,000. Also, 453 tickets matched 4 of the 5 lotto numbers. Those tickets are each worth $500. Other prizes won included 1167 tickets that matched 3 white numbers plus the Mega Ball and won $200.
With 9 prize levels, there were 1,889,706 winning tickets sold across U.S. in the Tuesday, June 4th, 2024 drawing.
The new Mega Millions lottery drawing, Friday night, will feature a jackpot of $20,000,000 with the cash option at $$9.4 million.
Mega Millions lottery can be played in 43 states and D.C. About 50% of the Mega Millions sales goes back towards the players through prizes. About 15% is used to as retailer commissions and lottery operation expenses. About 35% total sales is used in government services, education and charities in the member states. Mega Millions drawings are held 2 times a week every Tuesday and Friday at 7:59 p.m. Pacific Time. Each play costs $1. In some states, players can choose to spend 1 extra dollar to buy the Megaplier, 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 matching all six Mega Millions numbers are about 1 in 302 million. The minimum Mega Millions grand prize is $40 million. The annuity option is paid in 30 equal yearly payments. Winners can choose one time lump-sum cash payout option instead.
Unlike other Mega Millions participants, all the 9 prize tiers of California Mega Millions are pari-mutuel, rather than non-jackpot prize having a fixed value. This leads to different amounts of prize for equivalent winners sold in the state of California when compared to those sold in other 43 lotteries. For example, 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 doesn't have Megaplier like other Mega Millions states.
There were 149,023 Mega Millions winning tickets sold in the state of California. Find below the California Mega Millions prize payout highlights for the Tuesday night's drawing.
- 1 ticket(s) matched 5 of 5 and won $285,828 each. In the past 1 year, tickets matched 5 of 5 in CA Mega Millions drawing, won from $85,202 to $3,383,371, with an average of $950,433 payout.
- 8 ticket(s) matched 4 of 5 + Megaball and won $4,950 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 $13,738 payout.
- 94 ticket(s) matched 4 of 5 and won $474 each. In the past 1 year, tickets matched 4 of 5 in CA Mega Millions drawing, won from $300 to $690, with an average of $497 payout.
- 222 ticket(s) matched 3 of 5 + Megaball and won $228 each. In the past 1 year, tickets matched 3 of 5 + Megaball in CA Mega Millions drawing, won from $141 to $273, with an average of $204 payout.
To find out if you are among the California top prize winners of Mega Millions Tuesday, June 4th, 2024's drawing, check below lucky stores where these tickets were sold. - Detailed Draw Results For California
| Tue Jun 04, 2024 MEGA Millions Payout of U.S. | | Numbers Matched | Prizes | # Winners | | 5 of 5 + Megaball | $560,000,000 | 1 | | 5 of 5 | $1,000,000 | 2
CA,MD
| | 4 of 5 + Megaball | $10,000 | 23 | | 4 of 5 | $500 | 453 | | 3 of 5 + Megaball | $200 | 1,167 | | 3 of 5 | $10 | 28,443 | | 2 of 5 + Megaball | $10 | 24,941 | | 1 of 5 + Megaball | $4 | 199,017 | | Megaball Only | $2 | 498,707 |
| Tue Jun 04, 2024 MEGA Millions Payout of California | | Numbers Matched | Prizes | # Winners | | 5 of 5 + Megaball | $522,000,000 | 0 | | 5 of 5 | $285,828 | 1 | | 4 of 5 + Megaball | $4,950 | 8 | | 4 of 5 | $474 | 94 | | 3 of 5 + Megaball | $228 | 222 | | 3 of 5 | $10 | 5,638 | | 2 of 5 + Megaball | $10 | 4,955 | | 1 of 5 + Megaball | $4 | 39,541 | | Megaball Only | $2 | 98,564 |
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