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Tuesday's Mega Millions jackpot moves to $36,000,000; 1 second prize ticket sold
Updated: Friday, March 29, 2024 10:12 PM
Wall Street is not the only place where fortunes are made and lost these days. One fortune is going to be up for grabs on Tuesday, when Mega Millions game has $36,000,000 on the line. The cash option stands at an estimated $$17.1 million. Mega Millions' grand prize rose because no player hit all five white ball numbers and the Mega Ball number drawn Friday night. The numbers from Friday, March 29th, 2024 drawing were 11, 30, 33, 38, 60 with Mega Ball 16 and Megaplier 4.
Even though the grand prize was not hit Friday evening, Mega Millions had some huge winners. There was a single lucky ticket matched the first five white ball numbers but missed Mega Ball number, which won the 2nd prize. The 1 second prize winning ticket(s) sold in CA will collect a million dollar cash each.
Other major winners Friday night included 14 tickets that matched four white ball numbers as well as the Mega Ball and won $10,000. Additional prizes won Friday evening included 248 tickets that matched 4 white ball numbers and won $500. 691 tickets matched three of the five lotto numbers, as well as the Mega Ball number. These tickets are also each worth $200.
With nine prize tiers, there were 1,095,852 winning tickets sold across the nation in the Friday, March 29th, 2024 drawing.
Mega Millions is an U.S. popular lottery game offered in 44 participating states as a shared jackpot game. Roughly 50% of the Mega Millions sales goes back to the players through prizes. Approximately 15% is used to as retailer commissions and lottery operation expenses. Around 35% total sales is used to support government services, education and charities in the participating lottery states. Mega Millions drawings occur every Tuesday and Friday night at 7:59 p.m. Pacific Time. Each play costs $1. In some states, players can choose to pay 1 extra dollar to purchase the Megaplier option, which multiplies the prizes 2 to 5 times except jackpot. The overall chances of winning is about 1 to 14. The odds of winning Mega Millions jackpot are 1 to 302,575,350. The minimum Mega Millions advertised jackpot is 40 million dollar. The annuity option is paid in 30 equal yearly payments. Winners may choose one lump-sum cash payout option instead.
Contrary to other Mega Millions participants, all the nine prize levels of California Mega Millions are parimutuel, rather than non-jackpot prize having a set amount. This leads to different prize amounts for equivalent winning tickets sold in the state of California when compared to those sold in other forty three states. For instance, 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 does not offer Megaplier like other Mega Millions states.
There were 71,470 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 5 of 5 and won $146,532 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 $951,230 payout.
- 4 ticket(s) matched 4 of 5 + Megaball and won $5,075 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 $13,835 payout.
- 42 ticket(s) matched 4 of 5 and won $544 each. In the past 1 year, tickets matched 4 of 5 in CA Mega Millions drawing, won from $233 to $796, with an average of $498 payout.
To find out if you are one of the California top prize winners of Mega Millions Friday, March 29th, 2024's drawing, check below lucky stores where these tickets were sold. - Detailed Draw Results For California
| Fri Mar 29, 2024 MEGA Millions Payout of U.S. | | Numbers Matched | Prizes | # Winners | | 5 of 5 + Megaball | $20,000,000 | 0 | | 5 of 5 | $1,000,000 | 1 | | 4 of 5 + Megaball | $10,000 | 14 | | 4 of 5 | $500 | 248 | | 3 of 5 + Megaball | $200 | 691 | | 3 of 5 | $10 | 18,195 | | 2 of 5 + Megaball | $10 | 14,681 | | 1 of 5 + Megaball | $4 | 114,452 | | Megaball Only | $2 | 276,697 |
| Fri Mar 29, 2024 MEGA Millions Payout of California | | Numbers Matched | Prizes | # Winners | | 5 of 5 + Megaball | $0 | 0 | | 5 of 5 | $146,532 | 1 | | 4 of 5 + Megaball | $5,075 | 4 | | 4 of 5 | $544 | 42 | | 3 of 5 + Megaball | $229 | 0 | | 3 of 5 | $10 | 3,117 | | 2 of 5 + Megaball | $11 | 2,478 | | 1 of 5 + Megaball | $4 | 18,920 | | Megaball Only | $2 | 46,795 |
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