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Mega Millions $480 million jackpot is among the largest in its history
Updated: 11:11 PM EDT Jul 15, 2022
Are you America's next lottery multimillionaire?You could be if you played Friday's Mega Millions — the 10th largest prize in its 20-year history with an estimated $480 million jackpot. No need to grab the calculator: That's about $276 million in cash.Friday's draw was 8, 20, 26, 53, 64, plus the gold Mega Ball 15.On Tuesday, there were a total of 1,197,065 winning tickets sold, with prizes ranging from $2 to $1 million, the lottery said in an online release. A ticket sold in Illinois matched the five white balls to win the game's $1 million second prize.A $20 million jackpot was last won on April 15, and since then, there have been more than 14.1 million winning tickets at all prize levels, including 24 worth $1 million or more, according to the lottery.Only three other jackpots have been won in 2022 — a $426 million prize in California on Jan. 28, a $128 million in New York on March 8 and $110 million in Minnesota on April 12.Even though your odds of winning the Mega Millions jackpot are 1 in 302,575,350, you know what they say, you can't win if you don't play.
Are you America's next lottery multimillionaire?
You could be if you played Friday's Mega Millions — the 10th largest prize in its 20-year history with an estimated $480 million jackpot. No need to grab the calculator: That's about $276 million in cash.
Friday's draw was 8, 20, 26, 53, 64, plus the gold Mega Ball 15.
On Tuesday, there were a total of 1,197,065 winning tickets sold, with prizes ranging from $2 to $1 million, the lottery said in an online release. A ticket sold in Illinois matched the five white balls to win the game's $1 million second prize.
A $20 million jackpot was last won on April 15, and since then, there have been more than 14.1 million winning tickets at all prize levels, including 24 worth $1 million or more, according to the lottery.
Only three other jackpots have been won in 2022 — a $426 million prize in California on Jan. 28, a $128 million in New York on March 8 and $110 million in Minnesota on April 12.
Even though your odds of winning the Mega Millions jackpot are 1 in 302,575,350, you know what they say, you can't win if you don't play.
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