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Mega Millions jackpot jumps to $185,000,000 Friday; 1 second prize ticket sold
Updated: Wednesday, October 16, 2024 01:06 AM
Florida Mega Millions lottery News and Payout for Tuesday, October 15th, 2024 Drawing
Tuesday night's Mega Millions game drawing has yielded no grand prize winner for the $169,000,000 grand prize. With nobody matched all 5 white ball numbers and the Mega Ball number in Mega Millions game , Friday night's drawing will be worth an estimated $185,000,000 for a single winner. The cash value will be an estimated $$88.4 million up for grab. The winning numbers from Tuesday, October 15th, 2024 drawing were 22-34-44-54-62 with Mega Ball number 03 and Megaplier x3.
Although there was no jackpot winner Tuesday evening, some people still walked away with huge pile of cash. There was a single 2nd prize winning ticket from Tuesday night's Mega Millions drawing, matching the first five lotto numbers except the Mega Ball number. The 1 second prize winning ticket(s) purchased in MD won a quarter million dollar cash each.
Other major winners Tuesday evening included 13 tickets that matched 4 white ball numbers as well as the Mega Ball and won $10,000. Other winners Tuesday evening included 226 tickets that matched four white ball numbers and won $500. There were 623 tickets that matched three white ball numbers plus the Mega Ball and also won $200.
With nine ways to win, there were a total of 980,128 winning tickets sold across the nation in the Tuesday, October 15th, 2024 drawing.
Mega Millions is an U.S. popular lottery game offered in 44 member states as a pari-mutuel jackpot game. Approximately 50% of the Mega Millions sales goes back towards the players in prizes. About 15% goes to commission of retailers and lottery operation expenses. Approximately 35% total sales is used to support government services, education and charities in the participating states. Mega Millions uses a 5/70 (white balls) + 1/25 (Mega Balls) matrix to randomly choose winning numbers. Each play costs $1. In some states, players can choose to pay $1 extra to buy the Megaplier option, which multiplies the winnings 2 to 5 times except jackpot. The overall odds of winning are about 1 to 14. The odds of winning Mega Millions grand prize are 1 to 302,575,350. The minimum Mega Millions jackpot is 40 million dollar. The annuity option is paid in 30 equal yearly installments. Winners may choose one-time lump sum cash payout option instead.
| Tue Oct 15, 2024 MEGA Millions Payout of U.S. | | Numbers Matched | Prizes | # Winners | | 5 of 5 + Megaball | $169,000,000 | 0 | | 5 of 5 | $1,000,000 | 1 | | 4 of 5 + Megaball | $10,000 | 13 | | 4 of 5 | $500 | 226 | | 3 of 5 + Megaball | $200 | 623 | | 3 of 5 | $10 | 13,110 | | 2 of 5 + Megaball | $10 | 12,693 | | 1 of 5 + Megaball | $4 | 97,659 | | Megaball Only | $2 | 253,385 |
| Tue Oct 15, 2024 MEGA Millions Payout of Florida w/o Megaplier | | Numbers Matched | Prizes | # Winners |
| Tue Oct 15, 2024 MEGA Millions Payout of Florida with Megaplier | | Numbers Matched | Prizes | # Winners |
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Next Draw: Fri Feb 27, 2026
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Change: +$20,000,000
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