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Friday's Mega Millions jackpot increases to $453,000,000; 1 ticket won the second prize
Updated: Tuesday, May 21, 2024 10:12 PM
The lottery official announced that the Tuesday, May 21st, 2024, Mega Millions drawing resulted in a roll-over, producing an $453,000,000 jackpot for the next drawing Friday. The cash option will be an estimated $$211.3 million up for grab. The numbers from Tuesday, May 21st, 2024 drawing were 02-05-08-28-69 with Mega Ball number 14 and Megaplier X2. The Mega Millions jackpot has been rolling over for sixteen draws since Friday, March 29th, 2024.The last jackpot was won by a lucky ticket sold in NJ, matched all six numbers for a $0 million top prize.
Even though the grand prize was not awarded Tuesday evening, Mega Millions did produce some big winners. There was a sole 2nd prize winning ticket from Tuesday night's Mega Millions drawing, matching all five white ball numbers but not the Mega Ball number. The 1 second prize winning ticket(s) sold in CA will collect a million dollar cash each.
Additional major winners Tuesday evening included 23 tickets that matched 4 white ball numbers as well as the Mega Ball and won $10,000. In addition, 622 tickets matched four of the five lotto numbers. Those tickets are each worth $500. 1333 tickets matched three of the five lotto numbers, as well as the Mega Ball number. These tickets are also each worth $200.
With 9 prize tiers, there were 1,613,100 winning tickets sold across U.S. in the Tuesday, May 21st, 2024 drawing.
Mega Millions is a consortium associated with 44 state lotteries. It holds the record biggest jackpot of $656 million in North American lottery history. Roughly 50% of the Mega Millions sales goes back for the players in prizes. Roughly 15% goes to commission of retailers and lottery operating costs. Approximately 35% total sales is used in government services, education and charities in the member lottery states. Mega Millions drawings occur 2 times a week every Tuesday and Friday at 7:59 p.m. Pacific Time. Mega Millions uses a 5/70 (white balls) + 1/25 (Mega Balls) matrix from which winning numbers are chosen. The overall odds of winning is about 1 to 14. The odds of matching all six Mega Millions numbers are 1 to 302,575,350. The minimum Mega Millions advertised grand prize starts at $40 million. The annuity option is paid in 30 equal annual installments. Winners may choose one-time lump sum cash payout instead.
Contrary to other Mega Millions states, all the nine prize tiers of California Mega Millions are parimutuel, as opposed to non-jackpot prize having a set amount. This results in different prize amounts for equivalent winners sold in the state of California when compared to those sold in other forty three lotteries. As an example, the second 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 offer Megaplier like other Mega Millions states.
There were 131,586 Mega Millions winning tickets sold in the state of California. Find below the CA Mega Millions payout highlights for the Tuesday night's drawing.
- 1 ticket(s) matched 5 of 5 and won $943,692 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 $976,599 payout.
- 5 ticket(s) matched 4 of 5 + Megaball and won $6,913 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 $13,832 payout.
- 122 ticket(s) matched 4 of 5 and won $318 each. In the past 1 year, tickets matched 4 of 5 in CA Mega Millions drawing, won from $300 to $796, with an average of $503 payout.
- 268 ticket(s) matched 3 of 5 + Megaball and won $165 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 $205 payout.
To find if you are one of the California Mega Millions top prize winners in Tuesday, May 21st, 2024's drawing, check below lucky stores where these tickets were sold. - Detailed Draw Results For California
| Tue May 21, 2024 MEGA Millions Payout of U.S. | | Numbers Matched | Prizes | # Winners | | 5 of 5 + Megaball | $421,000,000 | 0 | | 5 of 5 | $1,000,000 | 1 | | 4 of 5 + Megaball | $10,000 | 23 | | 4 of 5 | $500 | 622 | | 3 of 5 + Megaball | $200 | 1,333 | | 3 of 5 | $10 | 33,801 | | 2 of 5 + Megaball | $10 | 24,274 | | 1 of 5 + Megaball | $4 | 173,068 | | Megaball Only | $2 | 407,593 |
| Tue May 21, 2024 MEGA Millions Payout of California | | Numbers Matched | Prizes | # Winners | | 5 of 5 + Megaball | $393,000,000 | 0 | | 5 of 5 | $943,692 | 1 | | 4 of 5 + Megaball | $6,913 | 5 | | 4 of 5 | $318 | 122 | | 3 of 5 + Megaball | $165 | 268 | | 3 of 5 | $7 | 6,839 | | 2 of 5 + Megaball | $9 | 4,965 | | 1 of 5 + Megaball | $4 | 35,283 | | Megaball Only | $2 | 84,103 |
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