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A single player walked away with $515 million Mega Millions jackpot in Friday night's drawing
Updated: Saturday, May 22, 2021 12:48 AM
The winning ticket for the Mega Millions game grand prize of $515 million was purchased in . Nobody has yet claimed the prize from Friday night's drawing in the multistate lottery. The winning numbers from Friday, May 21st, 2021 drawing were 06, 09, 17, 18, 48 with Mega Ball 08 and Megaplier 3. The jackpot winner will now need to determine to either take the 30-installment annuity with yearly payment about $19.81 million before taxes, or the one time cash payment in the amount of $346.3 million before Uncle Sam's share is extracted. The winning ticket holder is highly suggested to sign the ticket, put it in a safe place and get in touch with lottery officials as soon as possible. Jackpot winner has the opportunity to select the cash value of the jackpot while claiming the prize. If the winner doesn't make choice, the payment option will revert to annuity by default.
Besides the jackpot hit on Friday, many more players walked away with huge prizes. 53 3rd prize winning tickets were sold nationwide. Among them, 53 tickets matched 4 of the 5 lotto numbers, plus the Mega Ball number. Those tickets are each worth $10,000.
In addition, 1254 tickets matched 4 of the 5 lotto numbers. Those tickets are each worth $500. Other prizes won included 3313 tickets that matched 3 white numbers in addition to the Mega Ball and won $200.
With nine ways to win, there were 3,983,678 winning tickets sold across U.S. in the Friday, May 21st, 2021 drawing.
The upcoming Mega Millions lotto top prize is estimated at $20 million for Tuesday, May 25th, 2021. The cash option will be $13.5 million.
Mega Millions is one of the most popular lottery games in the U.S. offered in 44 lottery jurisdictions as a pari-mutuel jackpot game. It holds the record highest jackpot in North American lottery history. To play, select 5 numbers from 1 to 70 and pick a Mega Ball number from a set of 25. Each play costs $1. In some states, players can choose to pay $1 extra to purchase the Megaplier, which multiplies the winnings 2 to 5 times but not grand prize. The overall odds of winning any prizes is about 1 to 14. The odds of winning Mega Millions jackpot are about 1 in 302 million. The minimum Mega Millions advertised jackpot is $40 million. Its annuity option is paid in 30 equal yearly installments. Winners can choose one lump sum cash payout option instead.
Unlike other Mega Millions participants, all the 9 prize levels of California Mega Millions are parimutuel, as opposed to non-jackpot prize having a set amount. This causes different amounts of prize for equivalent winners sold in the state of California when compared to those sold in other states. One example is, the 2nd Mega Millions prizes is a million dollar 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 participants.
There were 247,392 Mega Millions winning tickets sold in the state of California. Find below the California Mega Millions payout highlights for the Friday night's drawing.
- 9 ticket(s) matched 4 of 5 + Megaball and won $6,665 each. In the past 1 year, tickets matched 4 of 5 + Megaball in CA Mega Millions drawing, won from $2,478 to $50,788, with an average of $15,082 payout.
- 161 ticket(s) matched 4 of 5 and won $419 each. In the past 1 year, tickets matched 4 of 5 in CA Mega Millions drawing, won from $154 to $964, with an average of $500 payout.
- 483 ticket(s) matched 3 of 5 + Megaball and won $158 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 $200 payout.
To find if you are among the California Mega Millions top prize winners in Friday, May 21st, 2021's drawing, check below lucky stores where these tickets were sold. - Detailed Draw Results For California
| Fri May 21, 2021 MEGA Millions Payout of U.S. | | Numbers Matched | Prizes | # Winners | | 5 of 5 + Megaball | $515,000,000 | 1 | | 5 of 5 | $1,000,000 | 0 | | 4 of 5 + Megaball | $10,000 | 53 | | 4 of 5 | $500 | 1,254 | | 3 of 5 + Megaball | $200 | 3,313 | | 3 of 5 | $10 | 78,031 | | 2 of 5 + Megaball | $10 | 67,333 | | 1 of 5 + Megaball | $4 | 472,806 | | Megaball Only | $2 | 1,079,958 |
| Fri May 21, 2021 MEGA Millions Payout of California | | Numbers Matched | Prizes | # Winners | | 5 of 5 + Megaball | $515,000,000 | 0 | | 5 of 5 | $432,980 | 0 | | 4 of 5 + Megaball | $6,665 | 9 | | 4 of 5 | $419 | 161 | | 3 of 5 + Megaball | $158 | 483 | | 3 of 5 | $8 | 10,686 | | 2 of 5 + Megaball | $8 | 9,704 | | 1 of 5 + Megaball | $3 | 68,790 | | Megaball Only | $2 | 157,559 |
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