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A single winner won $56 million grand prize from the Mega Millions drawing Tuesday night
Updated: Wednesday, June 9, 2021 12:54 AM
One lucky ticket in matched all six numbers in the Tuesday, June 8th, 2021 drawing and won the $56 million grand prize. The numbers from Tuesday night, June 8th, 2021 were 09, 22, 39, 41, 54 and the Mega Ball was 19, Megaplier was 3. The holder of the winning ticket will now need to determine to either take the 30 annual payments with annual payment about $2.15 million before taxes, or the one time cash payment in the amount of $38.3 million before Uncle Sam's share is extracted. 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 does not make choice, the payment option will revert to annuity by default.
In addition to the jackpot awarded on Tuesday, June 8th, 2021, many more players walked away with big money. There were two second prize winners from Tuesday night's Mega Millions drawing, matching all five numbers but not the Mega Ball number. The two second prize winning ticket(s) bought in will collect a million dollar cash each.
Other prizes won Tuesday evening included 17 tickets that matched four white ball numbers plus the Mega Ball and won $10,000. Other prizes won Tuesday night included 255 tickets that matched 4 white numbers and won $500. Other prizes won included 644 tickets that matched 3 white numbers together with Mega Ball and won $200.
With 9 different prize levels, there were a total of 986,954 winning tickets sold across the nation in the Tuesday, June 8th, 2021 drawing.
The grand prize of next Mega Millions lotto drawing will be an estimated $20 million with a $13.8 million cash value Friday, June 11th, 2021.
Mega Millions is an U.S. popular lottery game offered in 44 participating states as a pari-mutuel jackpot game. It holds the record largest jackpot of $656 million in United States lottery history. The minimum Mega Millions jackpot starts at 40 million dollar. The annuity option is paid in 30 equal annual installments. Winners can choose one time lump sum cash payout option instead.
As opposed to other Mega Millions participants, all the 9 prize levels of California Mega Millions are parimutuel, instead of non-jackpot prize having a set amount. This causes different amounts of prize for equivalent winners sold in California when compared to those sold in other 43 jurisdictons. Such as, the second Mega Millions prizes is $1,000,000 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 participants.
| Tue Jun 08, 2021 MEGA Millions Payout of U.S. | | Numbers Matched | Prizes | # Winners | | 5 of 5 + Megaball | $56,000,000 | 1 | | 5 of 5 | $1,000,000 | 2
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| | 4 of 5 + Megaball | $10,000 | 17 | | 4 of 5 | $500 | 255 | | 3 of 5 + Megaball | $200 | 644 | | 3 of 5 | $10 | 16,563 | | 2 of 5 + Megaball | $10 | 14,172 | | 1 of 5 + Megaball | $4 | 110,159 | | Megaball Only | $2 | 263,953 |
| Tue Jun 08, 2021 MEGA Millions Payout of California | | Numbers Matched | Prizes | # Winners |
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