Mega Millions

Here's what you need to know. Mega Millions: lottery. Are you ready to become a billionaire? After there was no winning ticket in Tuesday's drawing to win $810 ...

Currently, the Mega Millions jackpot is $1.02 billion. The largest Mega Millions jackpot was nearly $1.54 billion in 2018. Consult with an attorney about how and when to sign the lottery ticket. Yes, if you win, you must sign the back of your lottery ticket. Choose five numbers from 1 to 70 and one Mega Ball number from 1 to 25. After there was no winning ticket in Tuesday’s drawing to win $810 million, the Mega Millions lottery jackpot is now nearly $200 million higher.

A giant Mega Millions lottery jackpot ballooned to $1.02 billion after no one matched all six numbers Tuesday night and won the top prize.

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Jackpot has grown so large because no one has matched the game's six selected numbers since 15 April.

The $1.02bn prize is for winners who choose the annuity option, paid over 30 years. The odds of winning the jackpot are one in 302.5m. A giant Mega Millions lottery jackpot ballooned to $1.02bn after no one matched all six numbers on Tuesday night and won the top prize.

A giant Mega Millions lottery jackpot ballooned to $1.02 billion after no one matched all six numbers and won the top prize. After no winner on Tuesday, ...

- Four dead at Iowa State Park - Four dead at Maquoketa Caves State Park The $1.02 billion prize is for winners who choose the annuity option, paid annually over 30 years.

The Mega Millions jackpot is above $1 billion for the third time in the history of the lottery. No one had a ticket matching all six numbers drawn Tuesday ...

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The current jackpot for Mega Million lottery players now stands at $1.025 billion.

The Mega Millions record jackpot, however, is an enormous $1.537 billion, won in South Carolina on Oct. 23, 2018. "I looked at the amount you could win and thought to myself, 'Man, I want this!' " I was kind of in shock too because to me that's a lot of money to win. Yet the jackpot – which can only be won by matching one of 25 gold Mega Ball numbers – remained untouched. "He's what you call a true friend. Someone is going to win."

The Mega Millions jackpot is now at $1.02 billion after three months without a winner. It's only the fourth billion-dollar lottery prize in U.S. history.

The third-biggest U.S. lottery prize ever was finally won in a January 2021 Mega Millions drawing. "When you play, of course you dream of winning, but the reality of it has been incredible," he said. What we do know is that the winner chose the cash option for their prize, which resulted in a one-time payment of almost $878 million. One of the first subsequent things Wanczyk did was tell her employer of 32 years, Mercy Medical Center, that she was quitting. It's the third time in history that a Mega Millions jackpot has climbed into 10-figure territory, and only the fourth billion-dollar lottery prize in U.S. history. The winner of this huge drawing in October 2018 took their time to surface. The Robinsons' winning ticket was one of four they bought at a grocery store, they told NBC's TODAY show. (That's the option "Shark Tank" star Kevin O'Leary says you should choose.) The lump sum payment for a Mega Millions winner on Friday would be around $602.5 million. Florida-based Smith and Kaltschmidt also picked the lump sum. They opted to take the lump sum. The ticket was reportedly purchased by four members of a lottery club in the Detroit suburb of Novi. A lawyer representing the club claimed the prize for them in March 2021. Other taxes may have also applied.

No one won the Mega Millions jackpot on Tuesday and now it's more than $1 billion. If you've never played before, here are some things to know about how it ...

For this jackpot, the total is $1.025 billion, but if you want your winnings immediately you'd get $602.5 million in cash. The last number you choose is from 1 to 25 and will be your pick for the gold Mega Ball. Not sure what you pick? It's the third largest jackpot in Mega Millions history and only the third time for the jackpot to be above $1 billion. Mega Millions also has a random number generator on its site if you want to draw your numbers before you purchase your tickets. The Mega Millions lottery is a draw for many who want just that — a chance at winning millions of dollars — but especially when the jackpot balloons to astronomical amounts. Also, if you live in New York, there is Mega Millions subscription available.

In the history of Mega Millions, only two billion-dollar jackpots have been higher. As the jackpot builds so does the excitement.

In the history of Mega Millions, only two billion-dollar jackpots have been higher. Those big prizes have been won in 17 states across the country: Arizona, Arkansas, California, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas and Virginia. However, the odds are not in your favor, at one in 302.5 million. One ticket purchased in Ohio matched all five numbers with the Megaplier feature, tripling their prize to $3 million. Were you holding a mega millions lottery ticket last night and anxiously waiting for the winning numbers? Not all was lost though as 5 nine tickets matched all five numbers but not the Mega Ball, for at least a $1 million prize.

The luck of ticket buyers fell short on Tuesday when no winning numbers were drawn for the Mega Millions jackpot. The next drawing is later this week.

If you match three numbers you win $10, whether one of those numbers is the Mega Ball or not. On Tuesday, for example the 'Megaplier' number was 3x. The 'Megaplier' is drawn from a pool of 15 balls numbered between two and five and signifies the amount your prize can be multiplied by. The final gold ‘Mega Ball’ is drawn from a set of balls numbered between 1 and 25. People all across the country held their breath Tuesday night as numbers were drawn for one of the biggest Mega Millions jackpots ever. There will soon be another chance for people feeling lucky to lay claim to the prize.

Friday's Mega Millions jackpot for US$1.02 billion will be up for grabs for anyone who buys a ticket, including Canadians and other foreign visitors to the ...

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Who will win the $1 billion Mega Millions jackpot? It's one of the biggest questions in America after a winning ticket with all six numbers was not sold for ...

But Glickman is honest in recognizing his history of playing the game means that he, like millions of others, will have to hold off on those lottery dreams a bit longer. In the case of Ronnie Music Jr., the $3 million that he won from a Georgia Lottery scratch-off game in 2015 was put toward purchasing and distributing crystal meth. Not long after William “Bud” Post won a Pennsylvania Lottery jackpot of $16.2 million in 1988, his brother was arrested for hiring a hit man to kill him for the inheritance. He recalled one client of his splurging on a new home in the Malibu area that overlooked the Pacific Ocean. Once the pot gets up to this range, there are enough people playing that odds are someone is going to pick the right number.” “There are so many stories of these lottery winners who end up with less money than when they started,” he said. “Really decide what they want to do with it.” You’re like, ‘Oh, my gosh, this is amazing, my life is going to change,’ ” said Robert Pagliarini, who is president of California-based Pacifica Wealth Advisors, and has worked with lottery winners. Friday’s jackpot is just shy of last year’s $1.05 billion Mega Millions jackpot, won by a single ticket shared by four members of a suburban Detroit lottery club. We encourage customers to keep play in balance and enjoy the ride.” Others say the joy and thrill that came from the unexpected sudden wealth soon turned to bad choices and sadness — and ruined their lives. Many have paid off debts, bought homes and invested their money, while others have put the cash toward building a water park, gambling in Atlantic City or starting a women’s professional wrestling organizations.

No one has won the Mega Millions jackpot yet, so the prize continues to rise. The jackpot now stands at $1.02 billion, the third largest in the games ...

Mega Millions tickets can be purchased online or at retailers in 45 states, Washington, D.C., and the U.S. Virgin Islands until 10:45 p.m. on drawing days. Winners can receive their prize in one of two ways. Drawings happen every Tuesday and Friday for $2 a play. The last jackpot was won in April for $20 million in Tennessee and Friday will be the 30th Mega Millions drawing since then. The largest Mega Millions win in the nation, at $1.537 billion, was purchased in South Carolina in October 2018. Back in January 2021, an Oakland County lottery club purchased the $1.05 billion Mega Millions jackpot winner, the largest ever in Michigan.

A few people came close to winning it all in Tuesday night's Mega Millions drawing​.

"I mean, it's just a large amount." A few people came close to winning it all in Tuesday night's Mega Millions drawing, but they fell one ball short of cashing in on the massive jackpot. "I don't think anybody would know what to do with it, right?"

The winner of the latest Mega Millions lottery jackpot will owe a hefty federal tax. But on a state-by-state level, some will make you pay more than others.

Financial experts are also adamant that if you ever win a major lottery jackpot, you should rely on the advice of professionals. That's why experts typically advise against buying lottery tickets in states with higher income tax rates than your home state. In any other U.S. state, you'll be subject to some sort of state tax bill. The other eight states on the list don't have blanket income tax laws at all. Those wins are invariably followed close behind by a hefty tax bill. The Mega Millions lottery jackpot, which passed the $1 billion mark last week, had been growing for three months.

The game's expected payout climbed past the $1 billion mark after its last drawing, on Tuesday.

"We look with anticipation on the growing jackpot," said Pat McDonald, the lead director of the Mega Millions Consortium and the Ohio lottery director, in a statement released ahead of Friday's billion-dollar drawing. Along with potential choices regarding anonymity when claiming awards, players who win the Mega Millions jackpot can decide whether to collect the money in installments or all at once. Doing so is only possible in a handful of U.S. states, as a majority require lottery entrants to publicly disclose their identities upon winning. One winner from the first group and three dozen from the second bought their tickets with the game's Megaplier feature — guaranteeing a larger prize for an added cost per ticket — which drove up their respective awards to $3 million from $1 million and to $30,000 from $10,000. Another 156 people had purchased tickets with the correct Mega Ball number, but only four of the first five, according to the lottery. The prize fund surpassed $1 billion this week, marking only the third time the jackpot has crossed that threshold in the game's two-decade history.

Dreaming about winning Friday night's $1 billion Mega Millions drawing? You're going to have to get lucky. Really lucky.

There are two $10 prizes. Odds are 12,607,306. $2 Mega Millions prize odds $200 Mega Millions prize odds $10,000 Mega Millions prize odds The jackpot will be nation’s fourth-largest lottery prize.