MIAMI.- The jackpot of Mega Millions rose to an estimated $1.25 billion after no one beat the odds Tuesday night to win the huge lottery prize.
The winning numbers drawn were: 8, 24, 30, 45, 61 and the yellow ball: 12.
This prize has been accumulating, because no one has won it since April 18, which allows it to grow more and more. The $1.25 million prize for Friday’s drawing will be one of the largest in US history.
The chance of winning the Mega Millions jackpot is 1 in 302.6 million.
The grand prize winner could choose to divide it into annual payments for 29 years or take a lump sum option of an estimated $650.2 million, according to what the Mega Millions executives have explained. said Mega Millions.
“There is always an air of excitement across the country when the Mega Millions jackpots skyrocket,” said Gretchen Corbin, president and CEO of the Georgia Lottery, Principal Director of the Mega Millions Consortium.
Friday’s draw will be the 31st in this current race. Overall, the total number of winning tickets at all prize levels continues to rise along with the jackpot, and the August 1 drawing produced a total of 4,904,910 winning tickets at all prize levels, according to organizers.
Seven tickets matched all five white balls on Tuesday night to win the game’s second-tier prize. One, sold in Texas, is worth $4 million because it included the optional Megaplier (available in most states with an additional $1 purchase), which was 4X for this drawing.
Nationwide, 135 tickets matched four white balls plus the Mega Ball to win the third-tier prize. Twenty-eight of those tickets are worth $40,000 each, because they also included the optional Megaplier. The other 107 earn the standard $10,000 each.
Since the last jackpot was won on April 18, there have been more than 31.3 million winning tickets at all non-jackpot prize levels, ranging from $2 million to $5 million. These include 53 second-tier prizes of $1 million or more, won in 23 different jurisdictions from coast to coast: Arizona, California, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Missouri, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Texas, and Wisconsin.
