The odds of winning the jackpot are 1 in 302.5 million.Īccording to the Illinois Lottery, the store that sold the ticket is a pretty big winner, too it will receive half a million dollars just for selling the ticket. In all, there were more than 14.4 million winning tickets sold across all nine prize tiers in the July 29 drawing, including the single jackpot-winning ticket. The winning numbers are drawn for the second-largest Mega Millions jackpot in history, $1,28B, took place on Friday, July 29, 2022. Mega Millions winning numbers drawn for $1.28B jackpot | LiveNOW from FOX Of those, 68 also included the optional Megaplier and are worth $20,000 each the remaining 307 won the standard $10,000 prize. Officials said 375 tickets matched four white balls plus the Mega Ball for third-tier wins. The other 20 second-tier prizes are worth $1 million each and were won in 15 different states: two each in Florida, Georgia, Minnesota, North Carolina and Texas and one each in California, Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan, New Hampshire, New York, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. Six of them included the optional Megaplier (available in most states with an extra $1 purchase), which was 2X on Friday night, and are worth $2 million each: Three were sold in Florida, and one each in Arkansas, Iowa and Pennsylvania. Twenty-six tickets matched all five white balls to win the game’s second-tier prize. Most winners opt for the cash option, which for Friday night’s drawing was an estimated $780.5 million. The total prize is for winners who choose the annuity option, paid annually over 29 years. RELATED: Mega Millions drawing: Illinois Speedway gas station that sold winning ticket in line for big commission Lottery officials had estimated the winning take at $1.28 billion, but revised the number up to $1.337 billion on Saturday.

That’s 29 consecutive draws without a jackpot winner. It grew so large because no one had matched the game’s six selected numbers since April 15. The jackpot was the nation's third-largest lottery prize.

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