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Nobody matched all 6 numbers last night. Friday's Mega Millions jackpot climbs to $55 million
Updated: Wednesday, March 3, 2021 12:56 AM
The estimated grand prize for Tuesday night's drawing was $43 million. According to Mega Millions, no one hit every number and the grand prize went to an estimated $55 million. The cash option will be an estimated $38.1 million. The numbers drawn Tuesday night, March 2nd, 2021 were 04-08-13-34-64 and the Mega Ball was 18, Megaplier was 2.
Although the jackpot was not awarded Tuesday evening, some players still walked away with large winnings. There were a total of 13 third prize winning tickets. Among them, 13 tickets matched 4 of the 5 lotto numbers, as well as the Mega Ball number. Those tickets are each worth $10,000.
Other prizes won Tuesday night included 255 tickets that matched four lotto numbers and won $500. Other prizes won included 700 tickets that matched 3 white numbers together with Mega Ball and won $200.
With 9 ways to win, there were 991,704 winning tickets sold across the nation in the Tuesday, March 2nd, 2021 drawing.
Mega Millions is played in 43 states and Washington DC. It holds the record biggest jackpot in U.S. lottery history. The odds of winning any prizes is about 1 to 14. The odds of matching 6 Mega Millions numbers are about 1 in 302 million. The minimum Mega Millions grand prize is $40 million. Its annuity option is paid in 30 equal annual installments. Winners may select one lump sum cash payout option instead.
Compared with other Mega Millions participants, all the 9 prize tiers of California Mega Millions are pari-mutuel, rather than non-jackpot prize having a set amount. This causes different amounts of prize for equivalent winning tickets sold in the state of California when compared to those sold in other 43 jurisdictons. As an example, the second 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 does not have Megaplier like other Mega Millions participants.
There were 51,291 Mega Millions winning tickets sold in the state of California. Find below the CA Mega Millions payout highlights for the Tuesday night's drawing.
- 3 ticket(s) matched 4 of 5 + Megaball and won $4,732 each. In the past 1 year, tickets matched 4 of 5 + Megaball in CA Mega Millions drawing, won from $2,478 to $42,828, with an average of $13,484 payout.
- 32 ticket(s) matched 4 of 5 and won $499 each. In the past 1 year, tickets matched 4 of 5 in CA Mega Millions drawing, won from $154 to $975, with an average of $506 payout.
- 87 ticket(s) matched 3 of 5 + Megaball and won $208 each. In the past 1 year, tickets matched 3 of 5 + Megaball in CA Mega Millions drawing, won from $98 to $280, with an average of $203 payout.
To find out if you are one of the California top prize winners of Mega Millions Tuesday, March 2nd, 2021's drawing, check below lucky stores where these tickets were sold. - Detailed Draw Results For California
| Tue Mar 02, 2021 MEGA Millions Payout of U.S. | | Numbers Matched | Prizes | # Winners | | 5 of 5 + Megaball | $43,000,000 | 0 | | 5 of 5 | $1,000,000 | 0 | | 4 of 5 + Megaball | $10,000 | 13 | | 4 of 5 | $500 | 255 | | 3 of 5 + Megaball | $200 | 700 | | 3 of 5 | $10 | 19,351 | | 2 of 5 + Megaball | $10 | 14,574 | | 1 of 5 + Megaball | $4 | 109,979 | | Megaball Only | $2 | 259,915 |
| Tue Mar 02, 2021 MEGA Millions Payout of California | | Numbers Matched | Prizes | # Winners | | 5 of 5 + Megaball | $43,000,000 | 0 | | 5 of 5 | $197,994 | 0 | | 4 of 5 + Megaball | $4,732 | 3 | | 4 of 5 | $499 | 32 | | 3 of 5 + Megaball | $208 | 87 | | 3 of 5 | $8 | 2,493 | | 2 of 5 + Megaball | $10 | 1,819 | | 1 of 5 + Megaball | $4 | 13,978 | | Megaball Only | $2 | 32,879 |
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